Peter Nicholas
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Brendon Thorne / Getty Mike Pence’s Plan to Save Trump—And Himself
Their fates are wholly entwined: “You get the Trump stink on you, it’s hard to get it off.”
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Getty Trump’s Blank Vision for a Second Term
Strip out the hyperbole and insults, and not much is left in the president’s campaign messaging for undecided voters.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Donald Trump’s Other Bunker
The Tulsa rally will be a safe space for the president—physically, psychologically, and politically.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Trump Could Still Break Democracy’s Biggest Norm
Some of the president’s opponents fear that he’ll refuse to leave the White House if he loses the election. Here’s why.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty This Is How Trump Wants to Be Seen
Amid protests around the country, the president deployed the federal government’s firepower to try to rehabilitate his image.
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ERIC BARADAT / AFP via Getty Trump Is Terrified of Protest
Violent demonstrations across the United States bring out a particular weakness in the 45th president.
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Drew Angerer / Al Drago / Mark Wilson ... Senate Republicans’ Big Trump Problem
He’s made the presidency about himself, and now the same is true for down-ballot races.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty Trump’s Cordon Un-sanitaire
The president has faced greater exposure to the coronavirus than he might let on.
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Paul J. Richards / Getty Trump’s ‘I’m Rubber, You’re Glue’ Campaign Plan
The president wants to weaponize COVID-19 against Biden. There’s a conspicuous irony to his argument.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The End of the Imperial Presidency
By ceding control over the government’s pandemic response, Trump is allowing American governors to flex new muscles.
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Julio Gudio / EyeEm / Getty / Shutterstock ... How Trump’s Foes Get Through His Daily Press Briefings
With booze, junk food, and the love of a beloved pet
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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty / The Atlantic Trump’s Plan to Save His Presidency
As he navigates the political fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, he’s leaning into a strategy that worked for him four years ago.
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Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty Anthony Fauci, Lightning Rod
The nation’s top infectious-disease expert is hardly infallible. But Trump allies may be criticizing him because they can’t target the president.
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Jim Watson / Getty The Real Point of Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conferences
The president is inescapable right now. That’s by design.
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Patrick Semansky / AP What Will Happen When Red States Need Help?
President Trump’s targets have been Democratic leaders. But the outbreak isn’t going to stay confined to Democratic states.
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Win McNamee / Mark Wilson / Getty / ... Trump Is on a Collision Course
Lindsey Graham is among the president’s allies who don’t want him to quickly reopen the country. He says the president should “err on the side of human life.”
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Mark Makela / Barcroft Media / Getty / ... The Weirdest Partnership in Washington
Steve Mnuchin and Nancy Pelosi are working together to blunt the impact of the coronavirus crisis.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Anthony Fauci’s Plan to Stay Honest
He’s never seen a disease quite like COVID-19, nor has he ever worked for a president quite like Trump.
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Drew Angerer / Getty This Is How Donald Trump Will Be Remembered
Zero-sum politics doesn’t work in a pandemic.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Kids at the Center of the Nastiest Campaign in Memory
Willingly or not, the Biden and Trump children figure to be leading players in the 2020 election.
