Thumbs up, hats off and respect to the lonely protester stationed in front of the white house gates. He proudly sits in a foldable canvas lawn chair, holding up signs, representing, to thousands of visitors, from small town America and far flung autocracies, who may not know what ‘democracy looks like’, our freedom of expression. Otherwise, the place looksabout as dull and forbidding as the trump hotel a few blocks away, there are deep barricades encircling the perimeter, in addition to the cast iron fence, and armed secret service men with bulletproof vests on, and the only sign of life is the guard walking along the roof.

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