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Tough-Talking Trump

Calvin Trillin

June 16, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at the White House.(Nicole Glass Photography / Shutterstock)

If he’s so tough, one asks, why did he hunker Inside that White House armor-plated bunker? With protests peaceful, why did it make sense To build a fence around the White House fence? Because, perhaps, he must have shelter when Those bone spurs get to acting up again.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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