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A divorced America? New novel 'The Breakup' imagines a post-Trump America split in two
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August 21, 2026
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2:57Now PlayingMS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by celebrated author Kurt Andersen to discuss his fascinating new novel that imagines an America 20 years in the future where AOC is the president, Elon Musk "overdosed en route to Mars," and robots walk among us. In this fictitious America, multiple red states left the union to form their own country.
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