Flipping through channels, I accidentally caught the image of a ‘gilded rococo hellscape’ (see recent NYT guest essay).
In it, Larry and Moe (with apologies to the Three Stooges), were bragging about X-Doge-style ‘spending cuts’ in front of a breathless, media-packed press conference at the White House.
In a made-for-TV moment, they took a dramatic pause to point up at the ceiling in childlike wonder. These two champions of ‘spending cuts’ were sharing a mutual admiration for the ‘24 carat gold’ stain, newly applied to patriotic symbolism in the oval office ceiling. Any comedic irony seemed lost on reporters present.
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