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Phil Quinn: Don't push Trump panic button yet

Queues are forming at fainting couches, and nostrils are flaring with unconstrained indignation at Donald Trump's daily outrages - and there's no denying the man is a loathsome cretin. But when it comes to extrapolating this self-evident insight into into a broader critique of the alleged cravenness of the American political mind, I offer a word or two of caution.