The Morning Briefing: Rally Trump Is Still My Favorite Trump

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Trump speak live twice, once shortly after he became president in 2017, and then again when he was a candidate in 2024. He was exactly the same each time: affable, humorous, and — that rarest of qualities in a politician — genuine.

His extemporaneous, shoot-from-the-lip style has always been a feature, rather than a continue reading …