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The Lincoln Project

Trump's Kabuki "Playtime" Whitehouse

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.78.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week, Rick breaks down the Kabuki dance that Trump and his puppets are acting out in Washington. "Playing house" is cute; "playing whitehouse" is NOT. There are real-world consequences for these dumb dumbs' "playtime." ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow us on X at @ProjectLincoln. If you'd like to help us continue this critical work, visit https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp to make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.5

Good night and good luck.

0:48.3

Hey everybody, it's Rick.

0:50.2

You know, this week there's a theme in Washington.

0:53.0

I'm not sure if you've all picked up on it, but the theme is Kabuki.

0:57.5

Kabuki is the elephant in the room this week.

1:06.1

What's Kabuki?

1:07.5

Some of you know.

1:08.4

It's a stylized Japanese theater and dance performance where the

1:13.0

characters in the play engage in very stylized ritualistic movements. I might even drop a

1:20.0

clip in here to show you some. It's exaggerated. Like I said, it's stylized. It's over the top.

1:25.5

And I discovered this week in watching the usual shit show

1:29.6

unfolding in D.C. that Kabuki was really what they've got. First off, President Musk had his

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