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Alex Brandon / AP All About That Base
With his attacks on Democratic women of color and his threats to undocumented immigrants, President Trump has only one small audience in mind.
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Andrew Harnik / AP It’s a Precarious Time for Any Official in Trump’s Orbit
Alexander Acosta’s exit gratifies those who wanted him gone for his role in the Epstein plea deal. But the president’s advisers fear how more turnover reflects broader turmoil within the administration.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump’s Tweets Take Down Another Career
The British ambassador’s critique was precisely the variety Donald Trump can’t stomach.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Trump Commandeers the Fourth of July
Wandering the National Mall on Independence Day brought you face-to-face with a divided country.
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Alex Edelman / Getty Trump’s Fourth of July Takeover Was Inevitable
The event is the latest expression of the 45th president’s creeping ubiquity.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters ‘If You Want, I’ll Go On’: Trump’s Rambling News Conference
The president defended Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman while airing his grievances against Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and the Democratic Party.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic It’s Still the Trump Show
Donald Trump wasn’t onstage during the first Democratic debates, but he might as well have been.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty / The Atlantic How a Forgotten White House Team Gained Power in the Trump Era
Changes in the makeup of the Domestic Policy Council have already had broad national effects.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump Heads Into the G20 on Shaky Ground—And the World Knows It
The president will meet with a number of leaders in Japan. They’ve noticed that for all his bluster, he often folds.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty The Iran Crisis Is Forcing Trump Into Uncomfortable Territory
The president is fighting two impulses: not backing down against an adversary, and his aversion to a new conflict.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The White House Is Nowhere Near Ready for Impeachment
The president is stewing over the possibility Democrats could try to remove him from office. His reelection-minded advisers want him focused on just about anything else.
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Evan Vucci / AP There Is No White House Press Secretary
Trump will eventually appoint someone to replace Sarah Sanders. But the office has been functionally obliterated.
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Leah Millis / AP It’s 2016 All Over Again
Somehow President Trump hasn’t yet absorbed that embracing foreign interference in an election can bring about a world of hurt.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Art of Flattering Donald Trump
Foreign leaders treat the president to pomp and ceremony in the hopes that he’ll be more favorable to their country. It rarely works.
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters Trump Delivered a Strong D-Day Speech—But It Clashed With His Personal Story
There was little to fault in the president’s speech on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, even if he can undo its message with a simple tweet.
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Chris Jackson / Pool / Reuters Using D-Day to Remind Trump Who His Real Allies Are
Trump has expressed affection for authoritarian leaders, so it’s unclear what impression the celebrations will make on the president.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters The British Remind Trump That He's Still the Leader of the Free World
British leaders have accommodated Trump at every turn, yet gifts from Queen Elizabeth II and Theresa May are subtle reminders of the power of democracy.
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Toby Melville / Reuters Trump’s Combative Visit With America’s Closest Ally
Donald Trump began his state visit to the U.K. by reviving his feud with London’s mayor. It’s unlikely to be this week’s last political controversy.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Don’t Expect Trump’s Europe Trip to Go Smoothly
The president could use his visit to distract from chaos at home. He probably won’t.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP How to Silence a White House
The seat of American executive power went quiet for the duration of Robert Mueller’s statement—with officials trying to assess what his remarks would mean for the president.
