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President Trump, by Scaling Back the Federal Bureaucracy, Cuts the Gordian Knot
The best explanation of President Trump’s aggressive strategy can be found in ancient Greece. Like Alexander the Great, Mr. Trump is cutting the Gordian knot. According to legend, in Phrygia (in what is now Turkey) an oxcart was held together by a complex …