Playbook: “What a debacle this has been for the president. Four months of defensive plays that divided his core supporters, wasted precious political capital and offered an open goal to his opponents … and still didn’t prevent the files being dragged out into the open…”
“Which raises a whole separate question as we look toward 2026. Can even Trump cut through the wall of noise that is Trump 2.0? Will a bunch of domestic speeches about the cost of living — even by this president — actually be noticed in a world where the White House has flooded the zone? Judging by the sheer number of storylines the president has unleashed that are eating up coverage this morning — from Epstein to tariffs to deportations to the militarization of U.S. cities to lawfare to war and peace — it looks like an uphill task.”
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