A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on May 29, 2023.
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On a day built for humility, Trump reached for volume. That is not exactly a winning tribute, and it’s not a great look for a man still trying to sell himself as the nation’s tribune-in-chief.
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Trump’s Memorial Day message blended praise for fallen troops with a fresh helping of political rage, making the holiday about his own enemies almost as much as the country’s war dead. It was a familiar move, but on a solemn day it landed as a tone-deaf self-own that invited criticism from veterans, political opponents, and anyone allergic to all-caps patriotism-by-melt-down.