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'West Wing' star blasts Trump with profanity after White House co-opts show clip
When Power Quotes Its Own MythologyThe Source MaterialDonald Trump launched strikes against Iran after the downing of an Apache helicopter, called them a “proportional response,” and then posted a West Wing clip to dress the move in borrowed prestige. Bradley Whitford answered with the kind of contempt the moment deserved. The exchange is less about television than about how power launders itself through borrowed language.The Commander in Chief Wants a ScriptTrump holds the actual institutional power here. He ordered the strikes, framed them as self-defense, and tried to wrap the action in…
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