Washington, D.C. is built for noise. Even on quiet days, the city hums with rehearsed urgency—sirens in the distance, helicopters cutting slow circles, staffers moving with clipped purpose, and the constant pressure of being seen doing something. Power here isn’t only exercised through laws and speeches; it’s performed. Every hallway has an audience, every pause gets interpreted, and every expression becomes a headline waiting to happen.
That’s why the scene that caught people’s attention recently felt so strange.
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