L'état, c'est moi

"There was more of this, and much else. But were there any doubt before, one now knew with certainty that Trump meant to ride fear and racial animus to a second term in the majestic mansion backlit behind him. At that moment his misuse of this storied site seemed not merely an abuse of office but a kind of civic sacrilege."

At The Bulwark, Richard North Patterson reacts to the Republican National Convention.

And Michael Kruse at Politico explains "How Trump Mastered the Art of Telling History His Way."