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    Especially since Jan. 6, much has been written about the call-and-response dynamic between Donald Trump and his supporters. But since the beginning of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal trial against Trump last month, a different feedback loop has been on display: After the media makes observations of the former president’s courtroom arrangements and behavior, Team Trump appears to make noticeable tweaks in response. Don’t believe me? After the press noted that Trump was sitting alone...

  • Insiders say trial is 'jarring' for Trump because he likes control of how steak is cooked

    Donald Trump is thrown off by the criminal trial he's facing in more ways than one, but it all boils down to control, according to a report citing those close to the matter.Trump is being forced most days to attend his trial, which features allegations that he committed bookkeeping fraud in connection with covering up a hush-money payment aimed at affecting the 2016 election. Trump has repeatedly claimed in public that the courtroom is kept uncomfortably cold.But in private, there are even more...

  • Trump’s tyranny? More like Time’s tired tirades.

    “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” George Orwell’s “1984” was supposed to serve as a warning, not a how-to guide for journalists protecting the radical left. Unlike many 2016 media postmortems, the biased coverage of Donald Trump isn’t a result of cultural differences. It is by design. In April, NPR editor Uri Berliner — no Trump fan — wrote a scathing op-ed outlining his outlet’s intentional anti-Trump bias. He was subsequently fired, his warnings unheeded. This...