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“As the U.S.A. barrels towards its semiquincentennial under the heat and funk of what has become of our bloated empire under the careless and corrupt, so-called leadership of the worst POTUS in our history, we are treated to spectacle and spurious celebration.
In stark contrast to the well-earned, inclusive and historic joy that erupted in NYC in the wake of the Knicks becoming NBA Champions for the first time in over half a century.
The UFC cage match at the White House on Sunday evening represents the apex of a culture that Donald Trump has long sought to co-opt.
A carnival for the carnivorous and the careless. Pyrotechnics and steel where roses once grew. Closed fists in lieu of open hearts and optimism. The bacchanal of the bellicose and the brutal.
The toxic masculinity we see on display now, in all forms of MAGA iconography and the creatine-spiked machismo of inebriated clowns like Pete Hegseth, were always catnip to the manicured old man who turns 80 today.
Trump used to hang out with mobsters and goons in his NYC days. He would post motorcycle gang members at the entrance of his ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ afterparties and employed a personal security team that could best be described as Cro-Magnon.
It was always an act, of course; performative tough guys encircling the softest man on the planet. Donald is physically lazy, intellectual incurious and possesses all the bravery of a tadpole. Feathers make him flinch.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasler…
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