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Bizarre Ivanka hotel encounter detailed as ex-RNC chair decodes Trump

Trump’s Real Job Is Monetizing the PresidencyThe Story in One LineMichael Steele used a recent Trump anecdote to make a simple point: the president obsessively manages the things that feed his own power and money, while the machinery around him absorbs the damage. That report matters less as personality trivia than as evidence of how Trump uses office.Power Is the PointThe decision-maker here is Trump. Not the Justice Department, not the fundraiser, not the contractor, not the donor class. Trump sits at the top of the chain and uses that position to steer outcomes: he micromanages pet…

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