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We are watching a “heavy element of make-believe…”

In the New Yorker’s October 13, 2025* Talk of the Town, Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote about Trump and his “military theatrics” in a wise column appropriately entitled, “War Games.” In describing Trump’s ballyhooed commission to National Guard troops, Wallace-Wells writes: In … Continue reading

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