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We’ve never really played with that trope, even though we could, and maybe should.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

You can find a few old photos, from the late 1980s, of Trump and Hogan posing together, when the future president played host to a couple of major WWE events.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Trump isn’t even much of a soccer fan—though he played for a season in high school at the New York Military Academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The match is expected to be played in the rain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Throughout the United States, spirits rapped messages, played instruments, remembered the past, and told of the future.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock