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Trump’s Codpiece: What’s With The Long Ties?

Why are the new president’s ties so long?
Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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I used to teach at a high school in Brooklyn that required all boys to wear ties as part of their daily uniform. One morning, a freshman named Sammy showed up with his purple tie (that was the school color) down to his knees.

That is, literally to his knees.

I ordered him out of the room. Sammy argued that he’d never had to wear a tie before and that he’d done his best. I pointed out

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