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White House source hounds Trump as 'demented old man with tacky tastes'
Gold Glue and Hollow PowerThe Real StoryThe decorative gimmick is the least important part of this report. The real fact is that a president is described as personally shaping the White House around his own taste while aides manage the fallout, keep criticism away, and let the place function as his private stage set. That is not eccentricity in a vacuum. It is the behavior of a boss who treats the state as personal property.Who Actually Has PowerDonald Trump holds the institutional power here, and the reporting says he uses it in the most childish way possible: by forcing his preferences into…
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