Enemies, A Love Story

“Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States and the presumptive Republican nominee, said earlier today that he would side with Russia against NATO and encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to brutalize our allies. Not so long ago, many Americans—and especially most Republicans—would have considered anyone supporting such a view to be little more than a deranged and hateful anti-American fanatic.” The Atlantic (Gift Article): Trump Encourages Putin to Attack NATO Members.

+ And that’s not the worst of it. NYT: GOP Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments. Think I’m over-covering this story? Trust me, our allies think we’re under-covering it.

+ Meanwhile, Trump’s treachery gets less coverage than the special counsel hit job on Biden. Margaret Sullivan: The media’s circular logic and destructive obsession with Biden’s age. “The New York Times was, of course, just asking questions. Why, oh why, do Joe Biden’s age, memory failures and gaffes seem to hurt him so much more than Donald Trump’s age, memory failures and gaffes hurt him? … CNN, meanwhile, was running this chyron: ‘Is Biden’s Age Now a Bigger Problem Than Trump’s Indictments?’ A panel gave this question every due consideration, and then some.”