The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the unusual and dangerous aspects of Donald Trump’s reëlection campaign, from his quid-pro-quo offer to oil executives to his daughter-in-law’s new leadership position in the Republican National Committee.
This week’s reading:
- “On Trump and the Elusive Fantasy of a 2024 Election Game-Changer,” by Susan B. Glasser
- “Can You Believe What Michael Cohen Just Said at the Trump Trial?,” by Eric Lach
- “It’s a Climate Election Now,” by Bill McKibben
- “Stormy Daniels’s American Dream,” by Naomi Fry
- “The Historic Trump Court Cases That We Cannot See,” by Neal Katyal
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