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No, Trump is not normal. Stop pretending he is.

Politico praises Trump's nonexistent "somber” tone and minimizes his talk of Arnold Palmer's genitalia as an "entertainment-focused" message.

A Politico headline reads: “Trump strikes somber tone while touring storm-ravaged North Carolina.” Somber? He lied about FEMA at the Carolina event, and it came just days after he performed a stunt pretending to work at McDonald’s and gave a speech talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia.

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