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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026

As November Kelly has pointed out, the weirdest thing about Trumpismo is how the man seethes and rails against a game that is thoroughly rigged in America's favor, because he resents having to pretend to play the game *at all*: pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i... 1/

A US $100 bill. Benjamin Franklin's face has been replaced with an orange blur surmounted by yellow candy-floss hair. The '100s' have been altered to read '000' and the 'ONE HUNDRED' now reads 'NONE HUNDRED.' The Secretary of the Treasury's signature has been replaced with Trump's signature. The series of the bill reads '47.'

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/04/01/m... 2/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/04/2026

Before Trump, the deal was that everyone would pretend that we had a "rules-based international order" in which every country got a fair deal, even as America cheated like hell and sucked the world dry. 3/

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