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New Mueller reporting keeps the Russia cloud hanging over Trumpworld
Fresh reporting on the special counsel’s Russia work kept the pressure on Trump’s orbit and underscored how badly the campaign’s old foreign-entanglement baggage was aging.
Edition · October 23, 2017
The Daily Fuckup — October 23, 2017
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Closing take
The throughline was ugly but familiar: every time Trump and his orbit tried to project strength, they found a way to create a new problem, deepen an old one, or hand critics a fresh line of attack. On a day like this, the question was not whether there was fallout. It was how much more of it the president had made unavoidable.
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Trump’s transgender military ban kept drawing fire and legal trouble
The White House’s ban on transgender troops remained a live and politically toxic fight, with critics saying Trump had turned military policy into a culture-war stunt.
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Trump’s hotel conflict story stayed alive and ugly
Trump’s business entanglements kept generating fresh ethical questions, and the Trump hotel remained a symbol of how little distance he had created between private gain and public office.