THE BIG PICTURE
Trump turns 80 today with a cage fight on the South Lawn, a 92-foot mechanical claw, and an Iran deal he announced to himself like a birthday present — and somehow that's not even the most destabilizing thing he did this weekend.
His personal lawyer is now running the most powerful federal prosecutor's office in the country, ICE is mining voter rolls six months before the midterms, and the Treasury Department just deputized your bank as an immigration enforcement arm.
The birthday party is the distraction. The surging authoritarianism is the real show.
In good news, the man who promised to make America great again is polling at record lows, his own voters are turning on him over the economy, and a Republican senator is predicting he’s about to have "the most miserable two years of his life."
That’s assuming he makes it that long.
Happy birthday, Mr. President.
The Sunday edition is for paid subscribers. Here’s what’s inside:
Trump's birthday UFC circus nearly blinded pilots flying into D.C. — and historians aren't impressed
Trump hits record-low approval as his own voters finally feel the prices
Trump's name was removed from the Kennedy Center — live, in front of thousands
Trump installs his personal lawyer to run SDNY — the office that used to investigate him
Joe Rogan is pissed at the guy he helped elect — and he's not being quiet about it
You already know your bank tracks your spending — now it’s tracking your immigration status too.
ICE is pulling voter files with the midterms five months away
Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire
Plus: what the algorithm buried this week.
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