Michael Moynihan: Flags and falsehoods blow wild and unchecked in MAGA land
In Trump world, factors such as economic indicators, never mind fitness for office, are immaterial. The personality is all that matters to the cult, writes Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan with signs of support for former US president Donald Trump.
Hop on the Long Island Rail Road in Penn Station and head out of Manhattan, along the Island's north shore, and you’ll land in Ronkonkoma, the station serving communities like Setauket and Port Jefferson in Suffolk County.
As hinterland, it puts the leaf in leafy suburb. The landscape is reminiscent a thousand TV sitcoms: well-kept frame houses, comfortable and roomy, sit well back from the road in quiet suburban culs de sac. All that’s missing is the white picket fence, but who needs fences in a neighbourhood this friendly?Â
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