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The post-Thanksgiving hangover hit Mar-a-Lago hard, with Trump eating a full plate of self-inflicted backlash and proving once again that his best political instincts are often his worst ones.
On November 28, 2022, the Trump orbit’s biggest screwup was still the fallout from his Mar-a-Lago dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes, which kept peeling off Republican criticism and made his judgment look radioactive at the exact moment he wanted to look presidential again. The day also featured the growing sense that Trump was already back in the same trap as always: courting chaos, refusing to clean it up, and then acting surprised when the whole thing detonates.
This was one of those days when the damage was less about a single tweet or quote than the cumulative stink of bad judgment. Trump was trying to stage a comeback; instead, he spent the day reminding everyone why his political brand keeps coming with a warning label.
5 stars means maximum fallout. 1 star means a smaller self-own.
Republican criticism of Donald Trump’s dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes sharpened by November 28 and 29, with Mike Pence among the most prominent voices calling the meeting a serious lapse in judgment. The episode exposed how much of the party was willing to criticize Trump publicly — and how many others still would not.