Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell recently gave a blunt assessment for the unfortunate list of events that have dominated President Donald Trump’s last two days.
“Last 48 Hours: Trump’s horrific Rob Reiner murder tweet, Wiles should-be-career-ending VF interview, Kash on Katie Millers podcast [with his girlfriend] while a campus shooter is at large, and Hegseth refusing to show Congress the tape of his potential war crimes,” Longwell posted on X.
Critics, and even former advisors, are slamming the president's controversial comments about the death of filmmaker Rob Reiner, calling them "indefensible" and warning of the impact of such conduct on the 2026 midterms.
Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, also did a series of 11 bombshell interviews with Vanity Fair, revealing damaging inside secrets about the administration's chief personnel and goals.
Other social media commenters are similarly acknowledging that Trump has suffered a series of self-inflicted wounds from himself and his staff, possibly upsetting the administration’s policies for the next few weeks, or longer.
“Tipping Point USA,” posted attorney Brad Ketcher, who concentrates on political law.
“Shoutout if you saw this coming say ... December 16th, 2024,” posted podcaster Steve Anderson on X.
From across the ocean, in Germany, even Welt Chief Correspondent Clemens Wergin noted “Things are not going well for Trump.”
In Wiles’ denouncement on X of the resulting Vanity piece, one commenter noted Wiles “doesn't deny she made the statements (Trump was at Epstein's island, Trump has an ‘alcoholic personality’) and doesn't threaten to sue the writer because he's probably recorded the conversations.”