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An unmistakable stink wafts out of Trump's curious golf club generosity

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The hot dog has been one of the presidency’s most delectable diplomatic tools, both foreign and domestic, for the better part of a century, and I’ll bet you had no idea. But of course, that’s all ruined since the trans fat-laden Donald Trump has made the endearing hot dog nothing more than a moldy, measly money-maker. Over the weekend, it was revealed that Trump has been ordering hot dogs for his Secret Service detail at his Virginia golf club, only to have his own club turn around and bill the agency for them. Because ethics rules bar agents from accepting gifts from the man they protect, Trump’s staff reportedly set up a special account just so the president could hand out “free” hot dogs with one bruised hand while his business invoiced the government with the other. As usual, Trump has managed to take something quintessentially American, in this case the humble hot dog, a fixture of presidential lore, and turn it into the perfect symbol of his second term, where everything, even th

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