Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
29th September 2026
We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch loses his shit—as he so frequently does.
The Mean Girls Presidency (Molly Jong-Fast/New York Times)
Trump’s Joes exit the front row (Politico)
Trump’s gimmicks aren’t working with voters anymore (Paul Waldman/MS NOW)
Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)
Trump dined with the Anthropic CEO who called for AI slowdown (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (New York Times)
California’s Newsom Signs Memecoin Ban And Calls It ‘The Opposite Of Trump’
CNN, MS NOW See a Taxpayer-Paid Trump Ad and Cry Kim Jong Un and ‘Communism’ But I thought they liked communism?
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting (ProPublica)
US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo) Two words: Hunter Biden.