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Machismo as Messaging: The White House’s Week of Muscles and PR

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Source: The New York Times
Machismo as Messaging: The White House’s Week of Muscles and PR
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A look at how gym-themed public displays by Trump-era officials—featuring Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., and Kid Rock—are deployed as political messaging to project masculine strength and energize voters, amid policy fights and looming foreign crises, with experts noting the tactic taps cultural anxieties about male identity.

Topics:entertainment#kennedy-jr#kid-rock#masculinity#political-messaging#politics#trump-administration
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  1. Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.  The New York Times
  2. Let’s Talk About RFK Jr.’s Workout Pants  The Atlantic
  3. RFK Jr., Kid Rock go shirtless in new HHS ad  The Hill
  4. Is RFK Jr. a ‘Never Nude’?  Rolling Stone
  5. The Republican Party Is So Tacky Now  Esquire

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