The Atlantic today:
Trump’s Cheesecake Factory Dissent
Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist—except one
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It's fun to watch him sabotage himself..
"Not only did Trump once again fail to assail Obama as a snob and pose as the champion of the Cheesecake proletariat, but he went in the opposite direction." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
When your party has presided over rising inflation and a failed war of choice, the messaging options aren’t great. And this pseudo-scandal does have the benefit of helping Republicans change the subject from Trump’s obsession with gilding the White House.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
🔄 Saddam Hussein remains the elephant in the gilded room.
Perhaps because that comparison cuts rather closer to home. 🏛️⚖️ #Trump #MAGA ↷ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...