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Inside Trump’s Cabinet Spectacle: Obedience, Power Grabs, and a Wink of Misogyny

A 3-hour meeting became a live demonstration of how authoritarianism creeps in—not with tanks, but with applause.

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Aug 27, 2025
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It started like any Cabinet meeting until it didn’t.

On Tuesday, the American public witnessed something unprecedented: a 3-hour and 16-minute nationally broadcast Cabinet meeting that felt more like a political loyalty ritual than a serious governing session.

President Trump opened with an unscripted, rambling 45-minute monologue. Cabinet members followe…

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