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Pres. Donald Trump Truth Social post. Aug 18, 2025, 6:17 AM. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115049485680941254
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.
Like President Donald Trump, I grew up in Queens, N.Y. I bet he also spent his fair share of time on the subway, at least when he was young. One of the things that fascinated me as a boy was the “third rail,” the high-powered circuit that snaked through the thousands of miles of train tracks, surging with enough electrical current to fry an elephant. Waiting on the tracks for the RR train in Astoria, I’d stare at the third rail with a kind of vertigo, imagining what would happen should I fall forward and end up touching the power line.