Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The Trump campaign just ran the most ironic ad in the history of American politics.A couple weeks ago the Trump campaign rolled out an ad proclaiming that the president would from the woke left. The only problem was that the statue pictured in the ad was the famous Christ the Redeemer from Rio de Janeiro.That screw-up was under the Parscale regime.Now Bill Stepien has asked America to hold his beer.The latest ad from the Trump campaign running on The Facebook is an attempt to get the olds worked up about their LAW & ORDER PRESIDENT. Here’s the ad,...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The Trump campaign just ran the most ironic ad in the history of American politics.A couple weeks ago the Trump campaign rolled out an ad proclaiming that the president would from the woke left. The only problem was that the statue pictured in the ad was the famous Christ the Redeemer from Rio de Janeiro.That screw-up was under the Parscale regime.Now Bill Stepien has asked America to hold his beer.The latest ad from the Trump campaign running on The Facebook is an attempt to get the olds worked up about their LAW & ORDER PRESIDENT. Here’s the ad,...WW…

Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.When people show you who they are, you should believe them.(Hannah Yoest / photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)The Wall Street Journal ran a strikingly oblique on Thursday morning. I’m going to quote from it extensively and bold the phrases that are most interesting:President Trump’s coronavirus management ratings have been plummeting (67% disapproved in an ABC/Ipsos poll last week) and if a better public-relations plan is in the works, it’s not apparent. . . .The problem is that the White House seems to have given up on projecting any consistent virus...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.When people show you who they are, you should believe them.(Hannah Yoest / photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock)The Wall Street Journal ran a strikingly oblique on Thursday morning. I’m going to quote from it extensively and bold the phrases that are most interesting:President Trump’s coronavirus management ratings have been plummeting (67% disapproved in an ABC/Ipsos poll last week) and if a better public-relations plan is in the works, it’s not apparent. . . .The problem is that the White House seems to have given up on projecting any consistent virus...WW…

There are now two likely pathways for the 2020 election. And neither one is good for Trump and Republicans.(Collage by Hannah Yoest / Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)Another weekend of runway is gone and Trump isn’t turning this race around.He’s falling further behind.In the first week of June I wrote that . Trump had 20 weekends until Election Day to stop his slide, find a floor, make up ground, and then get within 4 points of Joe Biden—which is a level he’s never been in this race.And what happened for Trump this weekend?So no. Not a great weekend for the Trump 2020 campaign.And now 15...…There are now two likely pathways for the 2020 election. And neither one is good for Trump and Republicans.(Collage by Hannah Yoest / Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)Another weekend of runway is gone and Trump isn’t turning this race around.He’s falling further behind.In the first week of June I wrote that . Trump had 20 weekends until Election Day to stop his slide, find a floor, make up ground, and then get within 4 points of Joe Biden—which is a level he’s never been in this race.And what happened for Trump this weekend?So no. Not a great weekend for the Trump 2020 campaign.And now 15...WW…

Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.Decadence and performative emoting are alive and well in pandemic America.(Shutterstock)The coronavirus, you may have heard, is a biological weapon engineered in a Chinese lab and unleashed—accidentally?—on America by the godless communists. At least, .That’s one theory, anyway. Another is that, yes, the virus was engineered in a Chinese laboratory, but the research was paid for by Anthony Fauci. —former mayor of New York City, former Republican presidential candidate, and personal lawyer for the current president:Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.Decadence and performative emoting are alive and well in pandemic America.(Shutterstock)The coronavirus, you may have heard, is a biological weapon engineered in a Chinese lab and unleashed—accidentally?—on America by the godless communists. At least, .That’s one theory, anyway. Another is that, yes, the virus was engineered in a Chinese laboratory, but the research was paid for by Anthony Fauci. —former mayor of New York City, former Republican presidential candidate, and personal lawyer for the current president:Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan...WW…