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Trump's mind-boggling gaffe attacks 'Islamic Republic of Japan'
Trump’s “Japan” Gaffe Is Not the StoryThe cover storyAt a NATO summit meeting in Turkey, Trump insulted Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his face, then mangled Iran into “the Islamic Republic of Japan” while describing missiles he claimed had been shot at an aircraft carrier. That is the source material. The mistake is loud, but it is not the main event.Power in the roomThe person with actual institutional power here is Trump. He is not a pundit improvising on cable. He is the president, speaking in a setting shaped by U.S. military authority, alliance politics, and diplomatic leverage. Zelenskyy is…
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