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Jackie Calmes: This Thanksgiving, let Trump's 'best people' do the arguing with your MAGA uncle

A Trump flag ahead of former US President Donald Trump's 2024 election campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023.

Last Thanksgiving, Donald Trump had just announced he was seeking reelection, yet his political stock was low. He was blamed for Republicans' unexpectedly bad showing in the 2022 midterm elections. "Toxic Trump in MAGA Meltdown," the Drudge Report headlined, while the front page of the Murdochs' New York Post declared newly reelected Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida "DeFuture."

A year later, the Thanksgiving tables have turned.

Across America, Democrats and Never Trumpers have heartburn and the MAGAts are toasting: president romping and

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