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“Please tell me this isn’t real” was the only thing I could think while watching Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker try to out-Trump Donald Trump on X yesterday, but it was real and it was craptacular.
Trumpmadehisfameandfortunebysplashinghisnameingiantgoldlettersonimpressiveskyscrapers,casinos,hotels,andotherproperties,allwhilelivingabusysociallife—dating,marrying,anddivorcingvariousmodels—onPageSixoftheNewYorkPost.DidIsayPageSix?Trumplivedrent-freeonthefrontpageoftheNYCtabloids,too.
ThenhetweetedhiswayintotheWhiteHouse—somethingimpossibleforanyothercandidatebecausenoothercandidate(before,since,ormaybeeveragain)enjoysTrump’shard-earnedbombastorcelebrity/mediacred.SowhenTrump,thePOTUSwhosenameemblazonsbuildingsaroundtheworld,sayshewantstorenametheGulfofMexicoorbuyGreenland,peoplesitupandtakenotice,particularlypeoplewhothinkitwouldberidiculoustorenameanythingandcouldn’tfindGreenlandonaMercatorprojectionmap.
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