We're all living in Trump's kayfabe world
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Aug 08, 2018
2 minutes
President Trump's demonization of the media as the "enemy of the people" is mostly kayfabe.
A professional wrestling term, "kayfabe" means presenting staged events as if they're real. Pro wrestling is theater, not sport. But it thrives on the illusion that it is the latter, not the former.
This twilight realm is Trump's bailiwick. His business empire was built on the maxim "fake it till you make it," feeding
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