this week in trumpland
- David Knowles
Trump declares mission accomplished in his bid to make America great again
The president blames the media for not sharing all the good news that's fit to print.
- David Knowles
The week Trump's own words caught up with him
Since before he was elected president, Donald Trump has operated in the belief that he can control his narrative through sheer force of will — and words. But this week, Trump’s relentless stream of messages seems to have come back to haunt him.
David KnowlesOmarosa Manigault Newman has President Trump unhinged
The release of "Unhinged: An Insider Account of the Trump White House" and the secret recordings made by its author, Omarosa Manigault Newman, get under the president's skin.
- David Knowles
Trump rallies his base — and his base rallies for him
In yet another turbulent week for the White House, the president twice took comfort in his safest of safe spaces: the Trump rally.
- Dylan Stableford
Trump: 'Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked'
Amid a debate over what motivated the alleged gunman to carry out this week's deadly mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, President Trump took a break from his usual anti-media rhetoric to condemn the killings.
- Dylan Stableford
President Trump's empathy-free week
This week in Trump’s America, the White House struggled to answer a simple question: Don't you have any empathy?
