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A regime that has become politically bankrupt. They've painted themselves into a corner and they don't know how to get out of that corner.
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The speaker describes a regime that has lost its political strength or credibility. “Painted themselves into a corner” is a metaphor for creating a situation with no easy way forward. The repeated “corner” emphasizes that the regime is trapped by its own choices and does not know how to escape.
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