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"It's Trump's baby, his passion project—the single thing in his presidency he cares about more than anything except maybe pocketing billions of dollars...and prosecuting his political opponents." @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump’s ballroom obsession despite Americans' distaste for it.
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