Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt
Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1 and proud father of @tab_delete. Co-Author of "THE DIVIDER."
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In 2019, Trump was forced to cancel plans to hold the G7 at his own golf club amid GOP objections to self dealing. In 2026, he will hold the G20 at his own golf club and the critics have gone silent. How Trump has moved the ethical line in his second term.
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Trump recently posted an image of himself and a "Mission Accomplished 2026" sign. Except that Trump’s war with Iran as it hits the six-month mark is anything but accomplished. Instead, Trump is stuck in a maddening purgatory between combat and peace.
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"An inflection point"? The age of capitulation that defined Trump’s return to office may be starting to fade as world leaders and domestic institutions, in some cases at least, show less willingness to submit to his will.
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Once again, Trump is assailing America's allies, fawning over an enemy and leaving the international community trying to figure out his "upside down world."
The subterfuge in Ankara that protected the president may have made targets of dozens of others who flew aboard the jet, some unaware that Trump was not actually with them because it was deemed too dangerous.
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Vance online and unfiltered: The first millennial vice president has long dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his older predecessors to go after the "idiots" and "scumbags" who anger him, from "limousine socialists"
to "disgraceful" conservatives.
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Platner aide lists terms for dropping out: “If he was to step down it would only be with a guarantee of being replaced by a candidate who he believes is true to the values and vision and policy agenda of the campaign that Maine voted for." @ShaneGoldmacher
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Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer
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