From Social Security Spin to Alaska Surrender: Trump’s Traveling Circus

A meandering anniversary speech morphs into DC crackdowns, roast battles with Gavin Newsom, economic fairy tales, and the looming risk he’ll negotiate away more than Ukraine.

Good morning! Donald Trump set out yesterday to mark the 90th anniversary of Social Security. What we got instead was part campaign rally, part fact-free infomercial, part warm-up act for his next episode of World Leaders I Can Give Things To.

He opened with a folksy introduction of “Frank,” the Wall Street executive now charged with running Social Secur…