The episode dissects the escalating consequences of Trump's foreign and domestic policies, from a farcical attempt to rename Lake Ontario to a devastating trade war with Canada and a failed military campaign in Iran, revealing a pattern of self-inflicted crises rooted in ego and ideologic
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