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How Madonna Gave Trump Ammo With a Cry for Peace

Her mention of “blowing up the White House” at the Women’s March was a classic moment for her—and for the new president’s team.
Source: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

Some of the events of this past weekend—the size of the protest crowds, the question-free “alternative facts” press briefing—were without precedent. But one was so familiar that it warrants a Groundhog’s Day comparison: Madonna said something controversial, and controversy ensued.

Early in her speech to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., Madonna gave a message “to our detractors that insist this march will never add up to anything.”

That message:

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