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Trump’s pandemic line still looked detached from reality
The administration kept trying to sell control and optimism while the virus kept setting the terms of the race.
Edition · September 3, 2020
The Daily Fuckup — September 3, 2020
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Closing take
Even in a thin day, the pattern was obvious: the administration kept choosing fight music over competence, and the bill kept coming due. This was not one isolated stumble; it was a system built to create them.
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Trump’s campaign message kept bouncing off reality
The reelection operation was still trying to sell strength and normalcy in a country that was experiencing neither.
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The legal cloud around Trump kept darkening
The day added to the sense that Trump’s legal problems were not fading with the news cycle; they were accumulating beneath it.