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Speaker of the House of Trump

With a new Trump biography and a six-part lecture series, Newt Gingrich is auditioning for his latest role—defining and interpreting Trumpism.
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A few weeks after the 2016 election, Newt Gingrich appeared at the Heritage Foundation to deliver as a speech on the “Principles of Trumpism.” Tellingly, he spent most of his time instead talking about the brilliance of Trump the Man—his epic debate performances, his social media cunning, his utter domination of every opponent that provokes him. “Donald Trump is the grizzly bear in ,” Gingrich gushed at one point. “If you get his attention, he will get awake … he will walk over, bite your face off,

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