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Overheard From Those Going Through the Boxes Found in Trump’s Basement

Calvin Trillin

September 6, 2022

A member of the Secret Service in front of the home of former president Donald Trump, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., on August 9, 2022.(Giorgio Viera / AFP via Getty Images)

“Some hamburger menus (with stains) seem to be Right next to our plans for the South China Sea. “ “I’ve just come across some old bills—all still owed.” “I wonder if this is the nuclear code.”

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


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