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'I get it now': Anthony Scaramucci reveals epiphany he had thanks to 'not well' Trump

The Courtier Class Is the Real StoryThe Source MaterialAnthony Scaramucci, who briefly served Trump in 2017 and now attacks him, says the president is “not well” and “probably too old for the job.” That is not the point of his post. The more revealing claim is that Trump’s circle is immobilized by fear: fear of losing jobs, fear of online attacks, fear of being primaried by a Trump-picked challenger. Scaramucci’s frame is the emperor’s-new-clothes fable: everyone sees the lie, everyone performs belief anyway.Power Sits With the One Man Everyone Pretends Not To SeeThe actual institutional…

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