💬 Opinion Aug 12, 2026 · Ryan Cooper

Aftermath: Donald Trump Invented a New Forever War

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Aftermath: Donald Trump Invented a New Forever War
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In one of America’s daily political subplots that would have been rejected from a pre-2025 Armando Iannucci script for being too silly, it turns out Donald Trump was recently smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering container for fear of

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