It’s been a heckuva first week for Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee for president. From causing the GOP’s “24-hour meltdown” to racking up Pinocchios as he continued to struggle with the truth, suggesting an “insane idea that would tank the American economy” to being called a potential “white knight” by former KKK leader David Duke, it has been a long seven days. Only 26 more weeks to go!
TRUMP’S TERRIBLE, DANGEROUS, OR CLUELESS POLICIES
- Business Insider: Donald Trump believes he is a financial genius, which is a problem
- The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s Economic Plans Would Destroy the U.S. Economy
- Washington Post Editorial: Donald Trump sets a new record for economic recklessness
- USA Today: Trump attributes Russia knowledge to hosting Miss Universe pageant there
- POLITICO: Trump: U.S. can never default because it prints money
- Vox: Add Puerto Rico’s debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn’t understand
- Reuters: Trump’s deportation plan could slice 2 percent off U.S. GDP: study
- Politico: Trump deportation plan would wreak economic havoc, study says
- New York Times Opinion: The Making of an Ignoramus
- Business Insider: Donald Trump is floating an insane idea that would tank the American economy
- Washington Post: Why a conservative economist says Trump could make America ‘the North Korea of economics’
TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN PROBLEM
- The Atlantic: The Day the Republican Party Died
- POLITICO: Trump kills GOP autopsy
- Politico: The GOP’s 24-hour meltdown
- Huffington Post: A Racist, Sexist Lying Con Man Sits Atop The Party Of Lincoln
- CNN: Paul Ryan: ‘I’m just not ready’ to back Donald Trump
- ABC News: GOP Senator Calls for ‘Adult’ Third-Party Candidate
- CBS News: The Donald Trump effect: GOP braces for tougher Senate battle
- Washington Post: Sen. Lindsey Graham won’t back Trump or attend convention
- CNN: The GOP resistance to Donald Trump
- POLITICO: Bush 41 and Bush 43 plan to skip GOP convention
- CNN: Fault lines: GOP civil war deepens
- POLITICO: McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
- Buzzfeed: Republicans Grapple With The Reality Of Trump, Presumptive Nominee
- Fusion: The Republican Party, 162, has died
- POLITICO: Trump’s empty administration
- POLITICO: Donald Trump breaks the GOP
- NPR: Jeb Bush Won’t Vote For Trump: ‘I Cannot Support His Candidacy’
- Buzzfeed: RNC Chair: Trump Should Reassure GOP That He Won’t Change The Party Platform
- Buzzfeed: Pat Toomey Says He Might Not Be Able To Back Trump
- CNN: Marco Rubio: I won’t be Trump’s VP
TRUMP’S STRUGGLES WITH THE TRUTH
- Washington Post: Few stand in Trump’s way as he piles up the Four-Pinocchio whoppers
- Buzzfeed: Trump Confronted On Past Support For Invading Iraq: “Blah, Blah, Blah, Yes, I Guess”
- Politifact: For the third time, Donald Trump, U.S. is not ‘highest taxed nation in the world’
- Politifact: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim linking Ted Cruz’s father and JFK assassination
- Washington Post Blog: The Fix: Donald Trump’s day of contradictions
- Politifact: Donald Trump wrongly says noncitizens can vote when there is same-day voter registration
- The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s War on Truth
TRUMP’S QUESTIONABLE SURROGATES AND SUPPORTERS
- The Hill: David Duke: Trump could be our ‘white knight’
- Buzzfeed: Trump Adviser’s Ties Raise Security Questions
- Huffington Post: Donald Trump Picks Man He Accused Of A Federal Crime To Lead His Transition Team
- POLITICO: Survey: Donald Trump supporters most aggressive online
- Washington Post: Police report reflects the ugliness of the Trump era
- Media Matters for America: On CNN, Trump Surrogate Defends Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Push: “It’s Politics”