Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
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Hugo Clarence Janody / Hans Lucas / Redux Trump’s Appetite for Revenge Is Insatiable
The president is making good on his campaign promise.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty. MAGA Has Found a New Model
The leading figures of the Trump administration have fallen for a far-right party in Germany.
Hendrik Schmidt / picture alliance / Getty The Cruel Attack on USAID
Trump’s assault on the aid agency poses a haunting question.
Valerie Plesch / The New York Times / Redux What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals
Words, including the words of presidents, matter so very much.
Illustration by The Atlantic: Sources: Chen Mengtong / China News Service / Getty; Hu Yousong / Xinhua / Getty. Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.
Scott McIntyre / The Washington Post / Getty No One Will Remember Jack Smith’s Report
But indifference to truth and honor and the rule of law has a way of catching up with a country.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Drew Angerer / Getty. An Astonishing Level of Dehumanization
There is no defense of those who celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson.
Stefani Reynolds / AFP / Getty Don’t Give Up on the Truth
Striking out against injustice is always right; it always matters.
Carrie Schreck / Redux How to Prevent the Worst From Happening
If Trump wins the presidency again, conservatism will be homeless, a philosophy without a party, for at least a generation.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
