The Trump political era has been defined in large part by its everyday surreality. Occasionally, Intelligencer looks back on some strange but perhaps lesser-remembered moments from the last few weird years. Today we are republishing this piece from December 2020, which is newly relevant following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’s plan to cut the military’s support for Scouting America , which he claims is an organization designed to “attack boy-friendly spaces.”

On the night of November 7, 2020, as I watched President-elect Joe Biden carry his infant grandchild around a stage in Wilmington, Delaware, while celebrating his election win, I came across a tweet asking, “Has anyone ever seen Trump hold a baby?”

No, I thought. I can’t recall ever seeing Donald Trump cradle a

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