skews13
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Anxious Democrats imagine Donald Trump as a political Houdini—a genius at escaping the most dire political straits. Somehow, they fear, he will summon serial October surprises beyond the capacity of lesser mortals.
Rubbish.
In truth, Trump is America’s ersatz Wizard of Oz—a one-trick faux populist with deep but finite appeal who, in 2016, filled the mother of inside straights. By 2018, he had squandered his winnings. In 2020, he’s become the little man behind the curtain, brutally exposed by his own incompetence and instability.
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After the interviews with the rightwing vomit machines this week, even they threw up in their mouths a little bit.
Rubbish.
In truth, Trump is America’s ersatz Wizard of Oz—a one-trick faux populist with deep but finite appeal who, in 2016, filled the mother of inside straights. By 2018, he had squandered his winnings. In 2020, he’s become the little man behind the curtain, brutally exposed by his own incompetence and instability.
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Trump is the Wizard of Oz—Only Nuts
The last ten days have shone a bright light on his selfish, erratic, irrational behavior.
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After the interviews with the rightwing vomit machines this week, even they threw up in their mouths a little bit.