Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Trump had a hair-raising week

Trump had a string of terrible debacles, and Justice Juan Merchan set the law-and-order standard.

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May 24, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EDT
Former president Donald Trump, accompanied by attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media on May 16 in New York. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post)
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This week, I consider why four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump had such a hair-raising string of political and legal debacles, pick the distinguished person of the week and share a book about a groundbreaking woman who shaped the art world.