Opinion: If you love America, cringe for it

If the Trump administration were a play or film script, it would be neither farce nor tragedy but instead a kind of absurdist travesty, “Waiting for Godot” meets “Pulp Fiction” meets “Dumb and Dumber.”

President Donald Trump gestures during a visit to the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks in Macungie, Pa., Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Opinion: If you love America, cringe for it

If the Trump administration were a play or film script, it would be neither farce nor tragedy but instead a kind of absurdist travesty, “Waiting for Godot” meets “Pulp Fiction” meets “Dumb and Dumber.”

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