Donald Trump's upside-down authoritarianism

Here's the real reason Trump sort of endorsed Stacey Abrams 

Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams.
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Donald Trump is at it again — saying and doing things that seem to make no political sense.

The latest example took place at a rally in Georgia last weekend, where the former president appeared to endorse Democrat Stacey Abrams for governor of the state over the sitting Republican governor Brian Kemp. "Having her, I think, might be better than having your existing governor, if you want to know what I think," Trump said. "Stacey, would you like to take his place? It's okay with me."

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.