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Trump passport screw-up leaves conservative pundit speechless and MS NOW hosts laughing

The Passport Wasn’t a Gag. It Was a Signal.The SourceA conservative panel on MS NOW spent part of a Saturday morning laughing at a so-called Donald Trump “commemorative” passport that features Trump’s scowling face and the line, “Welcome, but be good.” The panel treated it as baffling kitsch. That reaction is understandable. It is also too shallow.Who Actually Holds PowerThis is not a joke from the margins. It is an artifact of presidential power. The point is not travel, and it is not humor. The point is ownership: Trump’s image, Trump’s voice, Trump’s warning, stamped onto a document…

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