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Trump's Secret Role Model

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Andy Borowitz
Aug 17, 2025
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When Donald Trump unveiled his handpicked honorees at the Kennedy Center last week, pundits were so busy ridiculing his selection of Sylvester Stallone and KISS that they missed the real story: one of the other people he announced is his secret role model.

Move over, Mussolini. Step aside, the late, great Hannibal Lecter. This is the person Trump really wants to be:

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