Kevin O'Leary

University of California, Irvine

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Kevin O'Leary is a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine and author of Trump and the Roots of Rage: The Republican Right and the Authoritarian Threat.

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As he takes the most powerful job in the world, it's no secret that Donald Trump has no experience of his own in public office.

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