Trump's Calculated Racism

Plus: the vilification of Ilhan Omar at a Trump rally, and “The Lion King” ’s disconcerting C.G.I. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington “I’m Winning”: Donald Trump’s Calculated Racism The President’s plan is for a political civil war, and it is working. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment From “Lock Her Up” to “Send Her Back”: Trump in North Carolina When asked about the chant, Trump told reporters he disagreed with it. But it was the President who set the terms. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Our Columnists The Movement to Impeach Donald Trump Is Far from Over Representative Al Green’s efforts to impeach the President are steadily gaining support among the Democratic caucus. By John Cassidy Q. & A. The Pelosi-Versus-Squad Paradigm The author Rick Perlstein discusses the potentially radical changes occurring in the Democratic Party and whether the left is too dismissive of centrism. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists Iran’s Eye-for-an-Eye Gulf Strategy The latest escalation between the United States and Iran is of a pattern with many of the Islamic Republic’s confrontations with adversaries since the 1979 revolution. By Robin Wright PAID POST An Amazon Best Book of 2019 Hans-Peter’s macabre interests and inventions are pure Thomas Harris—and Cari Mora, a woman who has already survived unspeakable things, is a worthy opponent… in this complex cat-and-mouse thriller.”—Amazon Book Review More in Culture The Current Cinema Does “The Lion King” Need C.G.I.? The more realistic the animals look, the more you wonder why they’re singing and why the animated version was more of a blast. By Anthony Lane Read “Lanny” Is a Dark, Tactile Reimagining of the Folktale A hybrid morality tale about environmental awareness, parenthood, and growing up, Max Porter’s novel is enriched by its stylized approach. By Maya Phillips Culture Desk “The Raft” Chronicles an Experiment with Human Nature A new documentary restages a nineteen-seventies study of the nature of violence, in which ten subjects sailed a raft across the Atlantic. By Nathan Taylor Pemberton Photo Booth A Photographer’s Transformations in His Childhood Bedroom Using rudimentary materials and his own protean form, a twenty-four-year-old artist in South Africa creates characters with shocking, evocative precision. By Eren Orbey Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Citizen Punch “He loves his audience. They love him. But he hates them, too. They’re people, and people are mostly disgusting.” By Robert Coover Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Fifty Years Since the Lunar Invasion What did they want? Why did they come? Why did they just jump up and down for a bit and then leave? We may never know. By Eli Grober Daily Cartoon Friday, July 19th By Lars Kenseth Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.