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Trump-Musk bromance could end not with bang but a bot

Although everyone in Washington, expect the two pathological narcissists to barrel into each other. For now they both seem to be getting what they want from the relationship.

Maureen DowdNew York Times

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Tom Stoppard wrote in The Real Thing, his enticing play about infidelity: “To marry one actress is unfortunate. To marry two is simply asking for it.”

Here’s a political corollary: to elect one emperor of chaos is unfortunate. To let two run the government is simply asking for it.

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Maureen Dowd is a columnist at the New York Times

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