N.Y. Times, 2.19.26, reported by Ashey Ahn: “The banners follow a string of efforts by the administration to emblazon the president’s name and face on everything from coins to national park passes.
“Such displays are more often a feature of countries run by dictators, not democratically elected leaders.
“‘This is not just egotistical self-satisfaction…it’s a way of expanding presidential power,” Michael Beschloss, the presidential historian, told The Times recently. “A president is more powerful, I assume he believes, if he is ever-present than if he keeps his head down.”
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