The Trump-Trumpist Divide
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.
Adam Serwer
Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller The Cruelty Is the Point. Adam has previously been a recipient of the 2021 Moment Magazine Robert S. Greenberger Journalism award, the 2019 Hillman Prize for opinion journalism, and the 2019 Salute to Excellence Award for commentary from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty There Is No Constitutional Mandate for Fascism
No matter what the Supreme Court says, the president is not a king.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty. Trump’s Followers Are Living in a Dark Fantasy
MAGA adherents deny and dismiss what they are a part of, but they believe Trump’s lies, and will support him until the end.
Shelby Tauber / AFP / Getty Trump and Vance Are Calling Their Abortion Ban Something New
Don’t be confused by their word games.
Drew Angerer / Getty What Conservatives Mean by ‘Freedom of Speech’
They believe that right-wing speech should be sacrosanct, and liberal speech officially disfavored.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty. The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.
Photo-illustration by Vanessa Saba. Sources: RapidEye / Getty; 20th Century Fox; Getty. The Trump Campaign Wants Everyone Talking About Race
The former president and his advisers’ strategy is to make white voters afraid—and they don’t care if they have to lie to do it.
Stephen Maturen / Getty The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Real ‘DEI’ Candidates
Kamala Harris’s evisceration of Donald Trump at the debate revealed who in this race is actually unqualified for power.
Emily Elconin / Bloomberg / Getty Gullible Mr. Trump
The former president will believe anything—even wild rumors about immigrants killing and eating pets—as long as it’s cruel, politically expedient, and on TV.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
