What Donald Trump and P.T. Barnum Have in Common

as mentioned in Donald Trump was on his way from China to Vietnam, but appeared to touch down on Chicago's South Side Thursday night as Kevin Young, author and poetry editor of The New Yorker, melded the long history of bunk, humbug, and hoaxes with Trump and P.T. There's the corollary of Barnum's humbugs and hoaxes, on one hand, and, yes, the species of media that vaulted Trump into national consciousness: reality television. Trump arrived in Vietnam and talked tough on trade à la his campaign last year. But throw in the far easier-to-handle Texas church massacre and Trump Asian jaunt and it's a tough sell. The contract also authorized investigators to look for material to discredit 'harmful negative information' about Mr. Weinstein in a forthcoming book.

What Jed Bartlet and Jack Donaghy Would Say To Donald Trump

Jack Donaghy would be convening meetings to try to reclaim the Republican Party. Jed Bartlet wouldn't have much to say to Donald Trump at all. "The right understands what I believe to be the truth, which is that politics is the way you create your moral vision. "The right loses an election; they run for school board, and they start a think tank," he continued. "If I went into the writers' room at 'West Wing' and pitched Donald Trump as a character, it wouldn't work," Whitford said.

Donald Trump Is Doing One Thing Well: Appointing Lifetime Judges

referring to On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a party-line vote, approved him for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. At age 36, he's likely to stay on the bench 30 or 40 more years. He's also white and male, which seems to be something Trump values pretty highly too:That chart comes from "How Donald Trump Is Remaking the Federal Courts in His Own Image," a piece by Kate Harloe on our main site. By this time in Obama's first year, only two circuit court judges and four district judges had been confirmed. Sure, they want to pass their tax bill, and they need Trump for that.

Robert Mueller Is Moving Toward Donald Trump

Trump Fired Comey to Protect FlynnRecall that in February, Trump pressured then-FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation of Flynn. Mueller Could Pressure Flynn to Incriminate TrumpIf Mueller charges Michael T. Flynn, that could strengthen the obstruction of justice case against Trump. Trump Jr. and Others in Mueller's CrosshairsFlynn is not the only official whose family members could be implicated in the Russia investigation; Trump himself faces the same predicament. In June 2016 Donald Trump Jr., Kushner (Trump's son-in-law) and Manafort met at Trump Tower with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. NBC News reports that Trump Jr. is "under scrutiny by Mueller." It's quite possible that Mueller is investigating both Trump and Trump Jr. for conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act.

Saudi Arabia's Special Power Over Donald Trump

In truth, the scenario sums up what's been happening in Saudi Arabia in the last week under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. And Mr. Trump could not have been more effusive. "I have great confidence in King Salman and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, they know exactly what they are doing," he tweeted. There's a big difference, of course, between Saudi Arabia and Iran; the former is an American ally, the latter an antagonist. His words were a stern, if indirect, admonishment to Saudi Arabia.

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