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Trump's pride cometh before a fall 

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04.03.2025

Donald Trump is a president at the height of his political power — and well aware of it. After a month spent disrupting federal agencies, laying off thousands of veterans and publicly humiliating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, Trump clearly feels untouchable.

But as recent MAGA history so often reminds us, Trump’s most overconfident moments tend to precede his most spectacular missteps. After all, it was a reckless and questionable phone call to Zelensky that landed Trump his first of two impeachments. Now, his ego-driven fumbles risk further inflaming an already divided and unstable world order. Some "Golden Age."

Trump’s sense of invincibility is sure to be on full display tonight when he addresses Congress, likely to become one of the most closely analyzed speeches in history. With world capitals still reeling from Friday's Zelensky debacle and the federal government just over a week from a costly shutdown, leaders from Kansas City to Kyiv are looking to Trump for leadership.

Get ready to be disappointed.

While voters may see Trump speaking from the Capitol on Tuesday, it will be deputy........

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