Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
3rd April 2026
Rival Nations Seize On Choke Points to Counter Trump (Ana Swanson/New York Times) Nobody else; just Trump.
Trump’s Purge May Be Just Beginning (The Atlantic)
Always Stuck in the 1950s, Trump Courts His Own Suez (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo)
Trump’s Cozy Transportation Secretary (Michael Scherer/The Atlantic)
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone. (New York Times)
White House Scrambles to Wipe Trump Meltdown Footage (Annabella Rosciglione/The Daily Beast)
‘I Think It’s Time’: The Inside Story of Pam Bondi’s Ouster (Wall Street Journal)
Jim Acosta Whines Trump Is ‘Winning’ His War on the Press
Federal judge demolishes legal “basis” for Trump’s ballroom (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
Is It Legal to Bully the Supreme Court? (New York Times)
Reeling from war in the Middle East, Trump reaches for a reset (Washington Post)
Pam Bondi’s firing won’t have the effect Trump desires (Moira Donegan/The Guardian) As if anybody at the Guardian has a clue as to what Trump desires.
The six big events that have dragged down Donald Trump’s approval rating (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers) The one that Rasmussen says remains at 51%? That approval rating?
When the Bond(i) breaks — Presented by Good morning and happy Friday. (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
Whole Hog Politics: Bondi beached (Chris Stirewalt/The Hill)
Hegseth’s War on America’s Military (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)
The Mythology of Pete Hegseth (Garrett Graff/Doomsday Scenario).
All the President’s Women Scapegoats (William Kristol/The Bulwark)
Hegseth’s wartime firing of top generals stuns officials: “It’s insane” (Colin Demarest/Axios) I guess it would be too much work to look up how many generals Marshal fired at the beginning of U.S. entry into World War II.
Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. (Mike Soraghan/Politico) Then again, he might not.
Amanpour Parrots Regime Hacks About Trump’s Assault On ‘2,500-Year Old Civilization’ That civilization was destroyed by the Muslims in the 7th century.
Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence (Joseph J. Schatz/Politico) America had oil independence until Obama and Biden screwed it up.
An Army Shake-Up in the Middle of a War (The Atlantic) This isn’t really a war; this is a beat-down.
Trump accused of running ‘misogynistic administration’ after Bondi dismissal (David Smith/The Guardian) By people who hated both Bondi and Trump.
Job growth shatters expectations in March, in boost to Trump (Victoria Guida/Politico)
Trump’s back-to-back-to-back setbacks (Aaron Rupar/Public Notice) The guy after whom RUPAR was named.