Epstein Is A Huge Problem For Trump. So Are His Tariffs, And The Upcoming Budget Fight
Simon Rosenberg
Morning all. We head into August with three things being true:
1 - Trump Is Diminished, His Powers Are Ebbing - His poll numbers continue to drop; his agenda is wildly unpopular; the Epstein affair is degrading his already degraded enterprise; Elon has done a lot of damage to him; House Rs rebelled this week and voted to release the Epstein files; he has not negotiated a single trade agreement in over 100 days, and foreign governments are just not bending the knee; the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine grind on, defying that his promises that his STRENGTH would bring PEACE; Democrats continue to overperform in elections, lead in the generic ballot and enthusiasm, and our candidates in NJ and VA are kicking ass; he has no obvious path to reverse his decline as inflation is rising (yes, prices are not bending the knee) and his agenda of sabotage, plunder and betrayal brings further harm - not improvement - to the country. His agenda - his awful, terrible agenda - and the harms it brings will not be able to be spun, TikToked or wished away, and will continue to push him and his party further and further away from the American people.
2 - We Are Descending Further Into Authoritarianism, And Trump Continues To Do Enormous Harm To The Country - It’s pretty clear that in his desperation and decline Trump is doing whatever it takes to save his ass, and the corrupt Supreme Court and quisling Congress are doing everything they can to help him. As I discussed with Katie Phang yesterday Trump’s weaponizing of the Department of Justice and FBI took a very dark and dangerous turn this week; their lawless attempt to forge ideological control over universities and the media grew far more ambitious and malevolent; his attempt to get Fed Chair Powell to yield to his STRENGTH continued unabated; the horrors of ICE keep escalating; Kennedy’s war on our public health has become an extraordinary threat to the country; he keeps throwing Putin bones; he appeared to have endorsed full on genocide in GAZA yesterday.
Yes as he declines and struggles he is becoming ever more unhinged, untethered, illiberal, and dangerous.
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