A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on September 3, 2023.
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By the end of the day, the Trump operation was doing what it does best and worst at the same time: making its own problems bigger. The message discipline was bad, the legal headlines were worse, and the party’s supposed strongman was already creating avoidable headaches for himself and his allies. None of this was accidental in the cosmic sense; it was the product of a political brand built on impulse, grievance, and denial. That still counts as a screwup, especially when the bill keeps coming due.
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As of Sept. 3, 2023, the New York civil fraud case against Donald Trump had not yet produced the major merits ruling that would come later in the month. The attorney general’s summary-judgment bid was pending, and the case was still being argued on the papers, not decided.
Trump’s September 2023 comments on abortion — including his refusal to back a national ban and his criticism of Florida’s six-week law — set off a new round of backlash from anti-abortion activists and gave Republican rivals an opening.