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Trump's latest botch exposes his 'comical' but 'ominous' threats
When a Reflecting Pool Becomes a Power MapThe SetupTrump ordered the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool painted “American Flag Blue,” pushed the work through a swift no-bid contract to a GOP donor, and then watched the result turn into a green-algae spectacle during the run-up to the country’s 250th birthday. When the embarrassment became impossible to spin, his administration moved to the oldest trick in the authoritarian handbook: blame outsiders, arrest someone, and pretend the damage came from sabotage instead of its own decision.Who Actually Held PowerThe institutional power here sat…
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