Charles Cooke: “What did Trump get out of this ploy? What did America gain? What did Republican voters achieve? What was improved for conservatism, or nationalism, or MAGA, or whatever other Trump-coded movements are the supposed beneficiaries of his maneuvers? Where, as the old advertisement liked to inquire, is the beef?”
“Because, from where I’m sitting, the whole incident looks monumentally, comprehensively, impressively stupid.”
