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A barrel-chested young man was just settling into his table with three companions near the bar at Butterworth’s, the buzzy Trump-friendly French bistro on Capitol Hill, when one of the establishment’s owners glided over to have a word. The young man listened, then nodded and removed his red Make America Great Again cap.

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The owner, Raheem Kassam, returned to his corner table, personalized with a gold plate: “The Raheem J. Kassam Nook.” “It’s the sort of thing that doesn’t necessarily occur to a typical MAGA person,” he said, “that there is etiquette to these things.”

Kassam withdrew a small object from his blazer pocket. “I’m a big believer in conceal-carry,” he cracked. It was a tin of caviar, which he placed on the table beside an appetizer: New Hampshire sardines with pickled ramps. Kassam, who is 38, is the editor in chief of The

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