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Trump's 'most beautiful' aide tries to flatter him with video that instantly backfires
Lafayette Square as Stagecraft, Not NewsThe clip was the pointWhite House staffer Margo Martin posted a video of Donald Trump walking through Lafayette Square with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum while they talked about renovation work tied to Trump’s “beautification” project. That is the whole factual core. The rest is reaction: online commenters seized on the president’s gait, his health, and the optics of the walk.Who actually holds powerThe institutional power sits with the president and the Cabinet secretary walking beside him. Martin is not the story’s center of gravity; she is the…
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