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> The Israeli historian’s mind-bending tour through the obama of Homo sapiens is a favorite of, among others, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Donald Trump.

I have never seen the word 'obama' used like that. Is that a typo?

Edit: NEVER MIND - I got duped by a joke extension that I forgot I had added a long time ago.

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The unbelievable part for me wasn't the use of "obama" as a noun, is that I can't bring myself to visualize Donald Trump reading a book, specially not a historic one (at this point I think everyone knows why that is)

He's probably read The Art of the Deal at least once.

But I doubt he actually read it. It's more likely that he listened to the audio version.

Funny part is that when I see now the article I read this > Yuval Noah Harari’s first book, Sapiens, was an international sensation. The Israeli historian’s mind-bending tour through the trump of Homo sapiens is a favorite of, among others, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Barack Obama.

Help, please.

What does "the trump of Homo sapiens" mean?

Victory in natural selection?

Wouldn't that be "the trump by Homo sapiens"?

English is strange.

If one thing trumps another, it means the first thing displaces or achieves victory over the second.

"Trump of homo sapiens" means they were victorious, as they trumped the other party.

Thanks. I'm familiar with "trump" as a verb. But not as a noun. And I've always had trouble with "of". So "the victory of Homo sapiens" is sounding better now.

I feel like there's a chance that they wanted to say 'triumph' but muscle memory took over after 'tr'

Pretty sure it's just a typo and they meant "triumph".

Made me chuckle. Your view of current affairs must be so confused by now! :-)

You played it well. Especially with that last name. Folks are bound to get alarmed and fact-check the source.

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