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'They sound exactly the same': Trump plot to rename ICE torn apart by critics
Trump’s Acronym Game Is Not a Joke. It Is a Cover Story.The StuntTrump’s Saturday Truth Social post proposing to rename Immigration and Customs Enforcement to “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” or “NICE,” is being mocked for its childishness. That misses the point. The post was not policy. It was a propaganda exercise: a president using branding to distract from the fact that his administration controls the machinery doing the work.Who Has PowerThe real power here sits with the presidency, not with the acronym. ICE exists because executive authority gives it force, budget…
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