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The Trump admin just entered a surreal new phase
A President Who Demands Reality SubmitTariffs as TributeThe source story is simple enough: Trump keeps praising tariffs even as the piece says they have driven up prices, been ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, and left him underwater in approval. That is the setup. The real subject is not tariffs alone, but a president who treats obvious damage as a loyalty test and demands everyone else describe it as success.Power, Not ConfusionThe institutional power sits with Trump. He is the one imposing the tariff regime, setting the terms of political reality, and deciding what counts as truth inside…
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