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May 18, 2020·1 min read

Yes, I most certainly did very explicitly do the exact opposite of “portray Trump as some sort of moral, conscientious objector”.

From the article that you are commenting on:

Trump’s critics often claim, correctly, that the president didn’t dodge the draft for any kind of moral reason; he wasn’t a conscientious objector, he was a privileged kid who didn’t want to get killed.

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I write about the end of illusions.

No, you actually didn’t.
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