Since 2015, Donald Trump has been an apex predator on the internet. His social-media posts have caused geopolitical crises (we'll invade Greenland!) and stock slumps (Amazon shares down 6 percent in one day!). For years, both Trump's Republican opponents and Democrats tried to get the better of'or stoop lower than'the president and failed. In contemporary internet slang, Trump is a Chad, an alpha male who almost always comes out on top in any internet spat and dominates his opponents. Those on the receiving end'the weak, feckless losers of the internet'are termed Virgins. Since late February, though, the Chad in chief has run up against a challenger that has relegated him to Virgin status: the Islamic Republic of Iran. The war that the United States fought against Tehran, now in a shaky two-week cease-fire, has been accompanied by a social-media trolling contest. Much as Iran's forces exceeded expectations against the world's most powerful military, Iran's social-media posters have...
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