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Trump plays general in D.C. while Putin bombs an American factory abroad, the strongman act collapses into farce.

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Mary Geddry
Aug 22, 2025
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Good morning! Donald Trump wants to be seen as the strongman patrolling America’s streets. Instead, he looks like a man-child LARPing as a general in Fallujah while ranting about sprinklers. This week he assembled troops in D.C., not to fight foreign enemies, but to menace delivery drivers and mopeds. He struck a pose straight out of a war movie briefin…

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