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Usha Vance lights up internet with question that 'trolls' Trump: 'Knew what she was doing'
Trump Reads Himself, and the Internet Auditions a PlotThe SetupUsha Vance asked Donald Trump a simple question on a children’s literacy podcast: does he ever read for fun anymore? Trump answered that he mostly reads newspapers and usually reads stories about himself. The clip went viral, and a lot of people rushed to treat the exchange as a deliberate trap.Power Has a NameThe real institutional power in this story is not the second lady hosting a podcast. It is the president sitting in the Oval Office, turning a literacy segment into a platform for self-regard. That matters. Trump is not a…
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