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Anti-Trumpism Is Driving the Media to Cheer Hostile Powers

The enemy of your enemy is sometimes still the greater enemy.

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Left: Lawrence O’Donnell speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, April 13, 2023. Right: President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 20, 2026.

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There’s a great scene in the 1991 film The Rocketeer in which the seemingly amoral gangster Eddie Valentine (Paul Sorvino) turns on the Hollywood star Neville Sinclair (Timothy Dalton) after learning the actor is a Nazi spy.

“I may not make an honest buck, but I’m a hundred percent American,” Sorvino growls, looking like an angry English bulldog. “And I don’t work for no two-bit Nazi.”

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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