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Trump the real estate mogul finally met his match — and lost
Trump’s Paint, Trump’s Story, Trump’s DamageThe Real SubjectThe source story is about a ruined reflecting pool, peeling blue paint, algae, and a president blaming vandals. But the real issue is not a bad renovation. It is who gets to treat public space as private property, who gets to direct federal institutions as personal staff, and who gets to invent excuses when the result falls apart.Power Wears the BillDonald Trump holds the institutional power here. The article says he aligned the relevant laws, commissions, boards, and experts to his will, then pushed through a series of revamps…
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