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George Washington and the Cherry Tree—Updated

Calvin Trillin

September 8, 2020

Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office.(Evan Vucci / AP Photo)

Young George could not deny he felled that tree. His moral code would certainly forbid it. In such a situation, Trump would say, “I cannot tell a lie: Obama did it.”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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