President Trump is on the brain — and news editors of these top titles are scrambling to deliver something fresh.
Time
Time’s cover asks, “Do the Democrats Matter?” But the story inside answers a much more practical question: Does Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York’s senior senator, have any wiggle room?
The answer is: He doesn’t.
If the head Democrat overplays his hand as lead Trump obstructionist, his party’s support will plummet. But if he’s seen as too accommodating, “Schumer risks a rebellion on his left,” Time says.
The Atlantic
James Fallows, in “Despair and Hope in the Age of Trump” in The Atlantic, challenges the notion the country had been clamoring for change.
Fallows says the rise of Trump can be traced to “the atrophy of old-line media with their quaint regard for truth, the addictive strength of social media and their unprecedented capacity to spread lies.”
Harper’s
Harper’s offers an alternative take with “Walter Kirn on Fake News.” The author, who lives in rural Montana, considers his isolation a blessing in foreseeing what he calls “an old-fashioned anticlerical rebellion.” Writes Kirn: “The only ones who didn’t know what was coming were those who believed they were in the know already.”