NEW: The World Cup of Ugh
What was supposed to be a joyful American summer is clouded with angst and dread. High ticket prices. Slumping demand. Travel bans. ICE agents. A war. And so much Trump
Can it be saved? www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Why, you might sensibly ask, is a soccer organization giving out such awards? Trump didn’t seem to care, beaming as he wore the new medal —and further celebrated peace by commissioning a military operation in Venezuela, and then launching a war on Iran” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
NEW: President Trump has ousted dissenters from the Republican Party
And may have accelerated his transformation into a lame duck
Trump’s purge jeopardizes GOP control of the Senate - and may have unwittingly derailed his own agenda well before November www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s instinct is always to go bigger, dressing up a setback with claims of larger deals on the horizon
He latched on to the long-shot idea to expand the Abraham Accords to create the sense of a grand bargain
But that outcome appears extremely unlikely www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
“Trump has long been the master of asserting his own reality; he simply declares something a win, and his faithful supporters - and some in the conservative media - follow along
“That approach is about to be tested anew by Iran” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump purged Cornyn, Cassidy and Tillis from the GOP Senate
Republicans in the upper chamber are furious. Their majority is in jeopardy
And they are finding ways to quietly push back - looking to slow down Trump’s ballroom, January 6 slush fund & more www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
NEW: The Iran peace deal was close. Again. And then didn’t happen. Again.
President Trump has grown deeply frustrated with his inability to get Iran to fully capitulate and angry at those who have said the persistent stalemate has left him looking weak www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
“But as Trump turns 80 next month, his recent behavior should prompt even more questions than usual about his stability, judgment, and mental sharpness” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Never known for his ability to self-censor, Trump seems to have completely abandoned any sort of filter, tossing out messages from one extreme (He’s glad that Robert Mueller is dead!) to the other (actually, Trump is Jesus and shall heal the sick)” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
NEW: Forget the Forever Wars. We May Be in Forever Limbo
An Iran deal has remained out of reach, despite repeated claims that it was all but done. Violence has again threatened the ceasefire. Trump is eager for a deal - but also desperate to save face www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
