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“Part of them kind of admires someone who went out and made a killing in our capitalistic society ... and walked away filthy rich,” South said of voters’ dueling impulses.

But now, he said, "I know what we do works. It is about understanding the harm that acting on those impulses causes. It is about understanding what they've put victims through."

“The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulses.”

What at moments feels like a nascent interrogation of contemporary masculinity ultimately suffers from the very impulses it seems to want to parody.

Now, in the absence of more competent advisors, the president is indulging his most dangerous authoritarian impulses.