David Rothkopf: “Trump fears this election not simply because the general public seems to want him to lose but because a loss of the powers and asserted immunities associated with the presidency may ultimately cost him his freedom in the long run.”

“A post-Trump era might indeed be rife with serious legal threats not just to Trump but to Barr and many close to them. Therefore, they will do whatever it takes to win.”

“President Trump called Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) on Wednesday night for a conversation that Mr. Inhofe put on speakerphone to hear better as he sat in a Washington restaurant,” the New York Times reports.

“The conversation, overheard and recorded by someone in the room, ranged from a discussion about Anthony Tata, the retired Army brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon policy position has become complicated, to Mr. Trump’s desire to preserve the name of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general, on a military base.”

“Mr. Trump could be heard criticizing ‘cancel culture’ and then told Mr. Inhofe that people ‘want to be able to go back to life,’ and then appeared to dismiss the focus on the cultural shift taking place across the country with an expletive.”