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'The seams are fraying': Analyst says Trump is losing the one skill that made him famous
Trump’s Show Is Failing, and the Rot Is VisibleThe Source of the StorySarah Jones’s argument is simple enough: Trump used to sell himself as a spectacle machine, and the machinery is breaking down. The Great American State Fair turned into a catalog of failure - a fake triumphal arch leaking pus-colored sludge, a robot dog flailing in mud, an algae-choked reflecting pool, a stage piece that nearly hit dancers, and an indictment aimed at an Olympian over a pool liner. The point is not the embarrassment. The point is that the performance no longer hides the operation underneath it.Spectacle Was…
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