Carnival of Fools: Good Trump, Bad Trump — It’s All Trump

Greetings and welcome to the latest performance of the Carnival of Fools — we have such sights to ...

WITH JEFF BLEHAR January 28 2025 Good Trump, Bad Trump — It's All Trump Greetings and welcome to the latest performance of the Carnival of Fools — we have such sights to show you! The first week of the new Trump administration is over and the second has just begun: Is your head done spinning around on a swivel yet? (They sure aren't done spinning over on the left, where progressives are feeling a bit like young Regan MacNeil right now.) As National Review's favorite thinker Vladimir Lenin once observed, "There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen." It's been one of those weeks — or at least it certainly feels like it has been, given the whiplash contrast with the inertness of the Biden administration over the last four years. Yes, Trump's first week has been a remarkable demonstration of political showmanship if nothing else, with headline after headline created by his relentless vigor and ... READ MORE  > ADVERTISEMENT CHANGE IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Unlock the best coverage in the business for $1 / WEEK SUBSCRIBE NOW TOP STORIES    The Internal Combustion of the Case for Biden's EV Mandate Charles C. W. Cooke  > Abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau   > Don't Substitute Tariffs for Income Taxes: You'll Get Both David R. Henderson and Phillip Magness  > Trump's Power Play Rich Lowry  >   > ADVERTISEMENT CHANGE IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Unlock the best coverage in the business for $1 / WEEK SUBSCRIBE NOW NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis by Robert D. Kaplan FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Today in History: January 28 ADVERTISEMENT CHANGE IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Unlock the best coverage in the business for $1 / WEEK SUBSCRIBE NOW 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.