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Brutal CNN clip shows Trump Reflecting Pool 'gash' keeps growing
The Phantom Gash and the Real Machinery of PowerA Manufactured CrisisPresident Donald Trump spent the weekend describing a supposed 250-foot, then 300-foot, then 350-foot “gash” in the Reflecting Pool, paired with claims of “vandalism” and prison terms for tampering with federal property. That is the factual center of the story: a dramatic allegation, repeated and inflated, attached to a public site already under Park Police patrol and then further saturated with National Guard presence and surveillance equipment.Who Actually Holds the LeversThe power in this story sits with the…
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