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Edition · October 9, 2023
The Daily Fuckup: October 9, 2023
Trump’s New Hampshire detour and a growing London-side embarrassment gave the day a very familiar shape: grievance first, consequences second.
On October 9, 2023, the Trump world menu was short on redemption and long on self-own. The most useful through-line was the same one that keeps biting him: every time his orbit tries to relitigate his image, the underlying record gets worse, not better.
Closing take
The basic Trump formula held on October 9: pick a target, file a suit, blame the press, then discover the facts and the calendar are both rude. It was a day of motion, not momentum.
Ranked by how bad the fuckup was
5 stars means maximum fallout. 1 star means a smaller self-own.
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