Heads-up. We’re going to have a two-fer today. Later today, I’ll have more thoughts about Trump’s Tariff Blink, but first I wanted to share this fascinating conversation with the authors of the new bestseller: “FIGHT: Inside The Wildest Battle for the White House”.
Jonathan Allen is an award-winning political reporter at NBC News. Amie Parnes is a senior political correspondent covering national politics at The Hill. Together they authored the NYT bestsellers HRC and Shattered.
Allen and Parnes have a host of dazzling behind-the-scenes details, but also a brutal verdict on Joe Biden’s role in Trump’s victory: “He tore his party asunder, leaving destroyed personal relationships in his wake, as he clung to power. And when he gave it up, he kneecapped Harris by demanding unprecedented loyalty from her.” Watch on YouTube / Listen (and subscribe) on Apple/ Spotify / iHeart / RSS Feed.
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Happy Thursday.
Your daily reminder that you are not the crazy ones.
You may disagree with me from time to time (and I expect you will, because I’m not promising you a safe space here). But I’ll always try to give it to you straight.
We’ve been here since the beginning, so you know we won’t surrender or bend the knee.
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Some highlights of our conversation
Trump and the economic crisis he created
Was there a cover-up of Biden’s decline?
Obama’s controversial comment on Kamala Harris
How on earth did Trump win? Did he actually run a better campaign?
Trying to keep up? Me too.
(Reminder: I’ll have a second email later on Tariffs by Whim.)
Associated Press: Trump's 'buy' tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened
Schiff Wants Tariff-Pause Investigation Over Insider Trading | TIME
Bloomberg: Trump Tariff Pause: Musk, Billionaires Record Highest One-Day Wealth Gain Ever
After Tariff Climbdown, World Asks: Is it Method or Madness? - WSJ
Wall Street Journal: Trump Says He Will Consider Exempting Some U.S. Companies From Tariffs
NOTUS: A Conservative Law Firm Is Suing Trump Over Tariffs as Most Republicans Hold Their Fire
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Meanwhile…
Trump targets ‘Anonymous’ author and former top cybersecurity official in escalation of retribution
President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to punish his critics by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and stripping them of any security clearances they may have.
Trump's targeting of Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official in Trump’s first term, and Chris Krebs, a former top cybersecurity official, came as the Republican president has sought to use the powers of the presidency to retaliate against his adversaries, including law firms.
Trump also on Wednesday retaliated against another law firm, Susman Godfrey, as he seeks to punish firms that have links to prosecutors who have investigated him or employed attorneys he sees as opponents.
Although Trump has ordered security clearances to be stripped from a number of his opponents, including former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, the president's order Wednesday directing the Justice Department to broadly investigate the actions of Taylor and Krebs marks an escalation of Trump's campaign of retribution since he returned to power.
Exit take from Liz Cheney:
Thursday dogs
Auggie and Eli are pretty chill about all of this.
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