{"id":73147,"date":"2026-03-27T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=73147"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:15:42","slug":"baghdad-bob-in-drag-sycophancy-is-a-feature-not-a-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/03\/baghdad-bob-in-drag-sycophancy-is-a-feature-not-a-bug.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"+1\"><em>Baghdad Bob in Drag<\/em><\/font> <br><strong>When Sycophancy Is a Feature Not a Bug<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is old news by now, but the staff felt an obligation to memorialize it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"472\" data-attachment-id=\"73192\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/03\/baghdad-bob-in-drag-sycophancy-is-a-feature-not-a-bug.html\/screenshot-347\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"420,472\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73192\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8898599662329923;width:204px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KAROLINE-LEAVITT-420-1-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>White House Press Secretary<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karoline_Leavitt\"><em>Karoline Leavitt<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>\u201cPresident Trump <br>has been <strike><font color=\"#EE4B2B\">right<\/font><\/strike> <br>about everything, <br>and he will be <br><strike><font color=\"#EE4B2B\">right<\/font><\/strike> again <br> when these <br><strike><font color=\"#EE4B2B\">short-term<\/font><\/strike> <br>disruptions <br>are past us.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Delivers Remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N6tzCCyfwFM?start=3147&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;President Trump has been right about everything.&#8221; \u2014 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. 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