Washington is a stage, Trump is the producer
A close-door session at the White House among four politicians became the week's TV event
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IT has been said once that Washington, DC, was like Hollywood for ugly people. But some would counter that is not the case anymore, and that in the age of 24/7 media coverage, politicians have no choice but at least try to look good when sometimes millions of viewers watch them live on television.
But the trend of turning politics into a form of show-business or media entertainment is not really new. After all, Democratic President John F Kennedy looked like a matinee idol and his wife, Jackie, carried herself like a movie star. And Republican President Ronald Reagan was actually a former Hollywood film actor, albeit a B grade one, who seemed to be doing a great job playing the role of an American president.
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