Our year in irreality: John Freeman on the presidency of Donald Trump. Eli Watkins and Joyce Tseng on Trump’s presidency so far, in charts. Jelani Cobb on trying to explain Trump’s first year in office. Tom Nichols on Trump’s first year: A damage assessment. We asked experts to grade Trump’s first year as a president — here’s what they said. They were bad, he ay be worse: The best way to evaluate President Trump’s first year in office is to compare him not with the great presidents but with the worst. Jonathan Chait on rereading Trump’s inaugural address, one year later. The worst thing about Year One of Trump: Fascistization of cable news. One year down, three (oh dear god please only three) years to go. Allyson Hobbs on how after 1 year of Trump, America is losing its soul.
