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Trump has barked up this tree before, but even in that context, his use of this Napoleon quote hits different.

While Pete Buttigieg is deeply concerned about "the shape of our democracy," Twitter users are deeply concerned about Buttigieg's ability to create a giant word salad. On Thursday night ...