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Pushing many European nations further into Russia’s sphere of influence, making the entire continent vulnerable to the same kind of dark forces that have already corroded its weaker states from within?

He has also repeatedly complained about rusting, corroded metalwork and plaster in stairwells peeling off the walls.

This crucial section of the A167 was shut last year after its 1960s concrete proved so corroded it was in danger of imminent collapse.

And he spearheaded post-Watergate ethics reforms to address the abuses of power that brought down Nixon and corroded Americans’ faith in government.

“That corroded me over time, to the point that I thought, ‘Maybe this is it.”