As it happens I accidentally hit uoon the NBC youtube live feed twenty minutes or so before the dramatic leads appeared at their podiums. The young woman charged with wrangling the herd of guests and press to their assigned seats was strident yet ineffectual. I was impressed by the translator's fluidity until I noticed, I hadn't noticed that Trump was missing an earpiece. Maybe it was very tiny instrument, or the entire event including the corpse's interlocutions was scripted. To emphasize following the elaborate reception for M Macron, business is as usual.

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