Meanwhile, new reports reveal that the Fort Bragg soldiers at Trump’s speech were handpicked for optics, carefully curated to look the part and hold the "right" political views. Sound familiar? It's all part of the lead-up to Trump’s upcoming birthday parade: a pageant of loyalty and empty spectacle designed to distract from his mounting failures.

Join us as we unpack the performative politics, the carefully staged military photo ops, and the Musk-Trump melodrama. It’s not leadership, it’s just propaganda in a red tie.

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