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Trump has been fuming about its revelations, and a parlor game around who-leaked-what has been underway in DC since excerpts first appeared in the Times.
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
None of it plays like a parlor game or rage-bait, as the genre so often can.
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Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The Dynamite Club was more parlor game than detective work.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Old-school parlor games still work.
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Alex Horne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
None of it plays like a parlor game or rage-bait, as the genre so often can.
—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The Dynamite Club was more parlor game than detective work.
—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Old-school parlor games still work.
—
Alex Horne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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“Parlor game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlor%20game. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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