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The Golden Curtain: How Trump, Musk, and MAGA Keep Us Chasing Shadows While the World Changes

With Assad’s fall and Putin’s grip slipping, is the chaos machine working overtime to distract us from a crumbling strongman empire?

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Tony Michaels
Dec 18, 2024
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For years, Vladimir Putin has loomed large on the global stage, a symbol of authoritarian control and geopolitical maneuvering. But lately, the cracks in his empire are showing. Ukraine’s resistance has thrown his military into disarray, sanctions are squeezing Russia’s economy, and now, with the collapse of Assad’s regime in Syria, one of his most crit…

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