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'MAGA paradox' unravels as White House leaks expose Trump’s weakness
The Regime of Flattery Cannot Count Its Own ShellsA small scandal with a large meaningAmanda Marcotte and Greg Sargent were discussing a reported fight between Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth over a depleted munitions stockpile, after Trump apparently insisted the problem had already been fixed. The immediate issue is not just the stockpile. It is that the president of the United States was allegedly operating in a world where loyalty mattered more than facts, and where nobody inside the chain of command treated competence as a prerequisite.Power Runs Upward, Truth Runs OutThe real…
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