Nayib Bukele is Trump’s new authoritarian role model
So, the president of El Salvador came here to DC this week, and our president had nothing but praise for him. My colleague Zack Beauchamp asked why that was, and came up with an interesting hypothesis: Donald Trump doesn’t just like President Nayib Bukele, he wants to be an American Bukele. And his efforts to take that mantle for himself may be his undoing.
Trump’s tariffs have an unexpected side effect
Everyone is looking for a bright side to the tariff chaos we’ve seen over recent days (and will continue to see in the days ahead). For some, maybe it’s the price of gold going up. For others, it’s seeing industrialists they do not like lose lots of money. And for the Ukrainians, Josh Keating realized, it’s that Russia’s oil revenues — and therefore the funds it uses to finance its war — aren’t looking so hot.
Conservatives have a plan for cheaper day care
The conservative movement doesn’t begin and end in DC. Rachel Cohen went to Idaho for a story about an interesting new conservative policy idea. As she’s reported, the right has been very focused on “traditional” families and increasing the number of babies people are having. But in her trip to Idaho, she looked forward, reporting out the effects of that movement: an attempt to deregulate child care.
We’re on the verge of a universal allergy cure
You’ve probably seen the articles chock-full of tips to help you navigate allergy season. Dylan Scott offered something else this week: an article about an emerging solution to the allergy scourge. There’s hope out there, and good news may be just around the corner.
🎧 Mar-a-Lago makeover
If I told you to picture a Trump supporter, what do you imagine? Does a picture form in your mind? Would you say there are aesthetic choices favored by those in the MAGA movement? Many would say that, and Today, Explained (the podcast) tried to get to the bottom of the MAGA look. Keep an eye out for Today, Explained (the newsletter) next week, when I go deeper on this topic with Today, Explained's very own Gabrielle Berbey.
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