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    feat(web): Wave 4 — prose layouts + /policies on Tailwind typography

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    +title: "Trump as a tool, not an idol"
    +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z
    +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z
    +draft: false
    +excerpt: "Certain jobs require a certain type of person. The moral character of the politician is irrelevant to whether they are the right tool for a specific goal. This is the … Read more"
    +categories:
    +  - Dark Culture
    +tags:
    +  - format-opinion
    +  - identity
    +  - politics
    +  - tone-confrontational
    +featured:
    +  src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/trump-as-a-tool-not-an-idol/cover.png
    +  alt: "Dark industrial tool - pragmatic political analysis concept"
    +legacy_wp_id: 15978
    +---
    +Certain jobs require a certain type of person. The moral character of the politician is irrelevant to whether they are the right tool for a specific goal. This is the same logic applied to rave lineups: bookings are about sound cohesion, not character references.
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    +I do not like a lot of things about Trump, and I did not vote for him. But for a trade war, he is the perfect paranoid, unhinged piece of work necessary to bring back manufacturing. That might sound like a hot take. It is pragmatic philosophically.
    +
    +## The tool framework
    +

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