【romanticism vs eroticism】

President-elect Donald Trump is romanticism vs eroticismin the midst of figuring out who is going to help him run the country.

Ground zero for his operation is Trump Tower in Manhattan.

The lobby has welcomed a near-constant stream of Trump allies and politicians that have come to kiss the ring of the future president.

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Now, enter C-SPAN, which has set up a livestream of the lobby. It's not necessarily always exciting (as per C-SPAN norms). But just this morning, Rudy Giuliani strolled in.

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Even better than the moments of excitement are the quiet times. The lobby often maintains a quiet murmur that's occasionally interrupted by the snapping of cameras and questions lobbed by reporters.

It didn't take long for Twitter to latch on to the stream

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