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Trump's crooks are scared to death by what's happening right outside the White House
Trump Can’t Fill a Mall, and That Still Isn’t the StoryA Spectacle Built On OwnershipThe article’s central image is simple: Trump’s “Great American State Fair” landed on the National Mall and turned up looking empty. That matters, but not because an empty event is some cosmic verdict. It matters because Trump personally stamped ownership on it. He turned a public birthday into a loyalty test, then got a weak answer.That is the governing logic here. The White House is not merely hosting pageantry; it is trying to convert national ritual into private brand maintenance. When the crowd doesn’t…
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