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Of Donald Trump

The loneliness of Donald Trump: Rebecca Solnit on the corrosive privilege of the most mocked man in the world. Trump, home all alone: “Trump believes he has no responsibility for any of this political trauma”. Feeling threatened, Trump will become even more dangerous. The Bullshitter-in-Chief: Donald Trump’s disregard for the truth is something more sinister than ordinary lying. Trump just fired his communications director — it’s not going to fix anything. Snubs and slights are part of the job in Trump’s White House. The madness and science behind the Donald Trump handshake. Donald Trump, our A.I. president: When seen in the light of pure machine learning (think IBM’s Watson), his behavior actually makes sense.

Trump used to be more articulate — what could explain the change? Why Trump and Twitter are a perfect couple: Meghan O’Rourke reviews How Trump Thinks by Peter Oborne. After the “covfefe” laughter comes the security concerns: Trump’s next Twitter misfire could be deadly serious if his account isn't better protected. “Trump is not a joke. He is a threat. The most menacing individual threat the planet faces by far. See it for what it is”.