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Conservative reveals how Trump is living out his favorite movie — in the worst way
Trump’s Pageant of Power Is the PointThe Power Behind the PageantDonald Trump is not a confused spectator of events. He is the president, with the institutional power to threaten Canada, menace Greenland, and steer the machinery of war and spectacle. That is the fact the source material keeps circling: the man at the center of the show is the one making the choices, and everyone else is living with the consequences.David Frum treats Trump’s July 4 speech as a kind of accidental leak of civics into a cruder personality. That is too generous. The presidency did not become less dangerous because…
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