5/20/2023 0 Comments Trump the manchurian candidateLike many phrases introduced by pop culture (think: catch-22, gaslighting), it's become shorthand for something - namely, a president controlled by a foreign (these days, most likely Russian) power - even though at this point wide swaths of the American public likely haven't consumed the media that bore it. Most of these columns, including the NYT opinion piece, don't mention what that means. Some people suspect Lee Harvey Oswald (middle) was triggered by The Manchurian Candidate, leading to him successfully assassinating US President John F Kennedy.
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