A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
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Trump was asked how he’d handle the special counsel if he returns to power, and he answered with a threat: Jack Smith would be gone almost immediately. That is a tidy little reminder that for Trump, the Justice Department is still something to be managed for personal survival, not defended as an independent institution.
Trump was handed an opening to look like a broader, general-election-ready Republican. He answered by claiming he was “maybe more conservative than any human being that’s ever lived,” which is a hell of a way to tell moderates and swing voters exactly who you are when they were hoping for a softer sell.