From NYRB, all in all, President Trump is by no means off the mark to call attention to Andrew Jackson as a precursor — the analogy, however, is not necessarily flattering. Thread: “We're in a lot of trouble. There are sick, sick people coalescing and they’re being emboldened by the President of the United States”. If you want to understand Trump, look at who he admires: “He really does identify with that kind of aggression, that kind of authority”. Donald Trump is the president of gossip: How Trump allegedly took a page from the gossip industry handbook to get critics to fall in line. How Donald Trump decides to fire someone. Zack Beauchamp on the political psychology behind Trump’s bizarre handshakes.
