Mission Statement: This blog reviews the news of the day in light of 242 years of American history. "Nationalism," a modern day pejorative, has been our country's politic throughout history, until 2008. Obama changed that narrative. Trump is seeking a return to our historical roots. Midknight Review supports this return to normality.
Sometimes, I think Politico almost gets Trump. This is a perfect headline (see below).
Michael Kruse / Politico:
To America, It Looks Like Chaos. For Trump, It's Just Tuesday.
— It started Monday morning with Donald Trump calling his own attorney
general “beleaguered.” It continued with an Air Force One flight to
West Virginia and a rambling, partisan speech to thousands of hollering
Boy Scouts