Make America Grotesque Again? In Trump's USA, spectacle beats up statecraft

TOI correspondent from Washington: There was a time when a presidential evening at the White House meant chamber music, state dinners, and deep conversations about nuclear disarmament and trade deficits. Now it apparently means a UFC fighter grabbing a microphone to thank President Trump for having "the balls to put some sh1t like this on," professing his devotion to Jesus Christ, and declaring, to cheers from the crowd, that former first lady Michelle Obama is "a man."

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