The Trump Dumpster Fire Is Lit |
The Trump Dumpster Fire Is Lit
By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens
Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer; Mr. Stephens is an Opinion columnist.
Frank Bruni: Well, Bret, as panicked as our president must be over his falling approval ratings, he has at least one great consolation: He’s not Keir Starmer. What do you make of — and what can be learned from — the British prime minister’s spectacular implosion?
Bret Stephens: I’m sad about Sir Keir. I had hopes that he could exemplify the adeptness and stability of a centrist leader in the mold of Tony Blair, his most successful predecessor as a Labour prime minister. And that he could rid Labour of the ghost of Jeremy Corbyn, his far-left, antisemitic predecessor as party leader. Instead, he’s turned out to be just another overmatched politician. And he’ll probably be remembered as the man who, through sheer ineptitude, pushed British voters to the extreme left and extreme........