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Trump is turning the government into a brawling cage fight: NYT analysis
The State Department Learned to PoseThe Cage Is the MessageA White House fight card, a State Department memorandum, and Marco Rubio smiling beside Dana White are not random optics. They are a statement about what this administration thinks power is: spectacle, domination, and permission slips for cruelty. The New York Times piece uses the language of “sports diplomacy,” but the real function is simpler. Trump is turning government into a branding vehicle for his own instincts, and those instincts are built around humiliation, not statecraft.Who Actually DecidesThe institutional power here…
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