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Gasps as Trump’s birthday bash leaves White House grounds in ‘terrible’ condition
When the Lawn Becomes the EvidenceThe Power Was Never AmbiguousTrump’s 80th birthday was marked with a UFC event on White House grounds, and the Ellipse and South Lawn paid for it. That is the basic fact the spectacle tries to bury: the people with institutional power used a national symbol like private event space, then left the public landscape to absorb the damage. The White House says $1 million will be spent restoring the grass. Restoration is the bill; authority is the crime scene.The Decision Was the PointThis was not an accident, and it was not an unfortunate side effect of…
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