Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, staffers of color have been frustrated by supervisorsā lack of enthusiasmāand the paperās diminishing resourcesāfor their work.Ā
āThere is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred.ā
Journalists expecting a clash at Trump and Mamdaniās first meeting were taken by surprise. The reasons why have more to do with policy than personality.
As Washington braced for the release of the Epstein files, Trumpās red-carpet welcome of Mohammed bin Salman and threats directed at an ABC News reporter made his hostility to journalists chillingly clear.