Helaine Olen on Trump’s creepy, autocratic obsession with loyalty. Trump’s narcissism sets him up to be manipulated. Stephanie Fairyington on the sham of Donald Trump’s straight talk. Peter Pagin on how Donald Trump’s bullshit earned him a place in the history of assertion. Put aside the law for a moment — Trump’s lying is just plain wrong. How the Trump show gets old: A big slump in season two is a hallmark of the president’s entire career — this time the “show” is the White House, and his response will affect the world. Trump spent years in reality TV — why doesn’t he have better stagecraft? Donald Trump is a pathogen evolved to thrive in an attention-maximization ecosystem.
