Trump Made Romney Relevant Again

New York Times: “If it’s possible to be both deeply troubled and having a blast at the same time, that is Mr. Romney in this strange iteration of his public life. In a sense, he has been gifted by Mr. Trump with a kind of late-career relevance that he might not have otherwise enjoyed.”

“It’s not a benefit he expected, or even asked for. Mr. Romney had to content himself at first with critiquing from the gallery of Republican elders: In a 2016 speech he said, ‘Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,’ as Mr. Trump was in the process of rolling to the Republican nomination.”

“Since then, events have conspired to return Mr. Romney back into the dirty coliseum of politics.”