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   How Trump and Biden Maintain Their Power   
   By Readers, Sept. 11, 2023, WSJ   
   Barton Swaim’s incisive analysis overlooks a fundamental difference between   
   the “grip” of former President Trump and that of President Biden (“Joe   
   Biden’s ‘Iron Grip’ on His Party,” op-ed, Sept. 5). Mr. Trump’s   
   popularity is akin to a    
   cult of personality, stemming from the candidate himself, not a mandate   
   imposed by the party elites. This is demonstrated by the party’s willingness   
   to encourage challengers and debates among those seeking the Republican   
   nomination.   
      
   Mr. Biden, by contrast, is justifiably unpopular in his own party. His   
   controlling position is almost entirely due to the efforts of those in control   
   of the Democratic Party to discourage alternative choices, stifle debates and   
   otherwise manipulate the    
   nomination process in hopes of continuing to control the White House and   
   impose their left-wing ideology. Each contender’s support comes from a   
   different direction.   
   ---Robert Best, Overland Park, Kan.   
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   Mr. Swaim makes me think that Democratic charges of Mr. Trump’s control over   
   his party is a symptom of what psychiatrists call “projection.” A few   
   years ago, the New York Times sent its investigative reporters to dig through   
   Mr. Trump’s father’   
   s 1960s tax returns. But faced with a multitude of current Biden scandals, it   
   tells its readers that there’s nothing to see here, folks; keep moving.   
   ---Thomas F. Berner, Yonkers, N.Y.   
      
   https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-biden-leader-party-power-5330fa9f   
      
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