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Meanwhile, in North Korea…

A few new examples.

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First, a couple from when I was traveling:

Trump allegedly just won his 43rd Club Championship today at one of his courses.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-08-02T15:14:54.024Z

Very Kim Jong Il, I must say. And it is utterly unbelievable (i.e., it defies being believed).

Then there was this:

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I suppose it goes without saying that no previous president would have compared themselves to Patton and McArthur, let alone put themselves in a uniform that that they did not earn. And I guess, too, it would be unnecessary to note that if Obama or Clinton had done that that right-wing media would have lost their minds. Or that in any other administration such odd behavior would be national news.

Ah well, such is life in the North Korea.

Then’s there this, wherein Patel claims that Trump reads about all the FBI cases.

FBI Director Kash Patel at a Trump rally: “I’ve spent 10 years working for President Trump”

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-08-14T18:52:40.473Z

And this via FNC: EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy Center board moves to name grounds ‘President Donald J Trump Plaza’

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees wants to name the famed arts institution’s grounds the “President Donald J. Trump Plaza,” one of several new ways the board is seeking to honor the president as the center moves ahead with a sweeping renovation, Fox News Digital has learned.

The board also wants the words “Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund” inscribed on the building once the fund reaches a $100 million endowment, according to information obtained by Fox News Digital.

The previously unreported moves come after the board voted Thursday to add an inscription crediting Trump with restoring and renovating America’s cultural center, and approved a partial closure of the complex for renovations.

Personalistic rulers gonna personalize things, I guess.

More in this series here.

3 responses to “Meanwhile, in North Korea…”

  1. Just a reminder that a President is not a member of the military. Nor is the constitutional designation of Commander in Chief a military designation.

    I would like to see a President declare that he is going back to Eisenhower practice and eliminate the President’s military salute that was started by Reagan.

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  2. The military photo is just bizarre even in the Trumpian context. The “Eisenhower” and “MacArthur” depictions look nothing like their namesakes, and they seem to be wearing foreign uniforms with the wrong ranks. (Indeed, “MacArthur” is similtaneously a two-star general and a corporal.) Trump, meanwhile, is a four-star general with aviator wings, foreign jump wings, and appears to be assigned to the military intelligence branch.

  3. I agree on the salute thing. Also, Trump just overruled military engineers and designers and decided the new carrier being designed should have the old steam system rather than the newer electromagnetic system. If you have been following the issue then you know that the EM system has many functional advantages and its why the Navy was switching over to it. However, being new, it’s not yet as reliable as the older steam system.

    However reliability is improving so they were going to put it on the new carrier. Trump decided to override the decisions made by the designers. He is smarter than everybody about everything.

    Steve

    https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-orders-navy-to-restore-old-technology-in-aircraft-carriers-costing-billions-0055ec1b?st=sqdiLH&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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