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The president's face said to possess the power to fritz out the rational faculties of otherwise sane and reasoned men and reduce them to gibbering, incoherent rage.

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"This is Trump’s ultimate victory. Every argument on every topic is now all about him. Hating Trump together has become the ultimate bonding, attention-grabbing and profit-maximization mechanism for those of us in anti-Trump world."
Actually taunting has a long and established place in military history. Provoking an ill-timed or poorly considered action was extremely advantageous to the taunter.
The cautionary example of blind rage used to be Captain Ahab. For those unfamiliar with Moby Dick, cite Khan in Start Trek's Wrath of Khan.
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Hillary not only lost to Trump, perhaps more significantly she also lost the Democratic party to its left wing. The polarity of the enormous rage to be unleashed on the Orange Man was reversed and jolted the establishment instead.
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The accusations exchanged by the highest leaders are so outlandish this seems ho-hum.

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The current level of political discourse has redefined conspiracy theory and improbability. Take your pick. The president is working for Russia. The FBI is part of the deep state. What's so crazy about thinking Google swung 2.6 million votes to Hillary?
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