Donald Trump has said some pretty grotesque things about Ukraine over the last 48 hours, but you don’t need to worry about it, because it’s all just 4D chess. Everything Trump says is 4D chess, you see. Unless you like it. If you like it, that’s what he really thinks, and he’s brave and correct for saying it. If you don’t like it, it’s 4D chess and you need to relax. Trump has to play 4D chess, you understand, because he’s the president. Before he was the president, he also had to play 4D chess, because he wanted to become the president, and because playing 4D chess is how you get to occupy the chair.

Trump plays 4D chess on lots of different boards. Sometimes, for example, he says that tariffs are excellent........

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