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Trump's 'bizarre' impersonation befuddles the internet: 'What in the name of God?'
Humiliation as Governing StylePower on StageDonald Trump used a public appearance at a Mack Trucks plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, to mock a woman weightlifter while launching into a tangled story about women in sports. The scene mattered less for its coherence than for its hierarchy: the president with the microphone, the unnamed woman reduced to a prop, and a crowd forced to sit through the performance.Who Actually Has PowerThe institutional power here sits with Trump. He is not reacting from below; he is exercising the authority of the presidency in front of workers, cameras, and a…
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