His work is indispensable for translating Trump’s long, meandering speeches to people who need shorter versions of them. It was a scene out of a surreal movie: the president of the United States describing a war next to a giant rabbit with big, vacant, eyes. Charlotte Clymer of Charlotte’s Web Thoughts wrote: “Every day, I think: there’s no possible way it can get dumber and more embarrassing. I just don’t think the people of the United States would really understand.” He suggested that attacking Iran’s infrastructure wouldn’t be a war crime because “they killed 45,000 people in the last month. At the same time, though, they lift up and honor the workers who make the wheels of government turn.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2026 07:34 UTC