Also in The Times, Bret Stephens found a perfect metaphor for a certain potentate’s use of social media: “With his every tweet, Trump’s presidency felt like a diesel engine blowing black soot in the face of the country.” In a subsequent article, Bret weighed in on Trump’s climactic remarks in Milwaukee: “In its length, the speech was worthy of Fidel Castro. In its depth, of Justin Bieber.”

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