A Major Trump Energy Scandal Is Flying Under the Radar. It’s a Twisted Repeat of History.
If you expected today’s newsletter to be about Donald Trump’s threats to do a bunch of war crimes in Iran, or perhaps about the president’s petulant rant at the make-up White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, I can’t say I blame you. The former is a huge deal, and the latter is the sort of thing that Trump has successfully used for a decade to keep the conversation on his inane rhetoric rather than his policy failures.
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If you expected today’s newsletter to be about Donald Trump’s threats to do a bunch of war crimes in Iran, or perhaps about the president’s petulant rant at the make-up White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, I can’t say I blame you. The former is a huge deal, and the latter is the sort of thing that Trump has successfully used for a decade to keep the conversation on his inane rhetoric rather than his policy failures. But today I want to focus on a story from Friday that would have been a massive scandal under any other administration. In our timeline, it got some pickup last week, but it’s already been largely forgotten.
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- What's the story?
- If you expected today’s newsletter to be about Donald Trump’s threats to do a bunch of war crimes in Iran, or perhaps about the president’s petulant rant at the make-up White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, I can’t say I blame you. The former is a huge deal, and the latter is the sort of thing that Trump has successfully used for a decade to keep the conversation on his inane rhetoric rather than his policy failures.
- How widely is it covered?
- 1 outlet, average source rating 6.0/10.
- When was it last updated?
- 6m ago.
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A Major Trump Energy Scandal Is Flying Under the Radar. It’s a Twisted Repeat of History.
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