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Who at NBC decided to use this photo of Trump among the thousands they could have chosen to illustrate the article about the Musk staffer nicknamed “Big Balls” and his being assaulted in DC (click to read)?
I saw this when just after I got up I checked my email and clicked the most recent emailfrom Yahoo about Trump threatening federal control of D.C.
I read the article and thought it was yet another example of Trump being Trump, but wasn’t sure I wanted to do more than make a brief reference to it on BlueSky using a screenshot. Then I decided to look at the actual NBC article which looked like this:
This is not a big story, certainly not when compared to everything else going on as Trump moves closer and closer to becoming the Al Capone of his much larger and more powerful criminal enteprise. You remember this?
In the photo above Trump actually looks far more dangerous than Capone.
In the photo NBC News used Trump doesn’t look particually dangerous. However, the second time I looked at it I realized it deserved a speech bubble.
As for taking personal control of D.C., aside from another having another personal power grab, he might entertain thoughts of having several blocks of buildings condemned and ripped down. There is ample room to do this:
Read: Empty Eyesores: Dozens of Blighted Homes Sit for Decade or More.
He could then be the first former president to have their personal library built in the nation’s capital.
