The Conversation by Markos: Trump fatigue is real



It’s a bit ironic that one of the week’s top stories was this one:



Even Republicans are growing tired of Trump
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It’s ironic because Daily Kos stories headlining President Donald Trump
performed like crap this week. That’s unusual. If Trump is good at one thing,
it’s generating headlines, and Daily Kos readers love to hate on him.



And yet this week, for perhaps the first time, site readers were (mostly) like,
BASTA.



It’s obviously impossible to talk about American politics without talking
about Trump, and he is adjacent or prominent in many of this week’s top
stories. But did he say crazy stuff at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
Of course he did. Did people want to click on those stories and read about
them? Not so much.



Instead, readers responded to stories about the effects of Trump on our body
politic—from the corruption of our discourse, to the dangers of his
administration, to the absurdness of the culture wars.



All signs point to this WNBA player becoming MAGA’s new darling
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Bari Weiss delivers one more blow to ‘60 Minutes’
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Trump team rolls out creepy scheme to get your private medical data
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That doesn’t mean Trump didn’t have his breakout moments. His eulogy for
former Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina certainly raised eyebrows. And a
press conference aboard Air Force One was nearly incoherent—which, come to
think of it, is the new normal in this crazy world of ours.



Trump only ‘pretty sure’ Lindsey Graham is in heaven
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Trump too tired to answer for his mistakes
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But more and more, readers are tuning into the midterm elections. My own story
on the GOP’s desperate efforts to spin away their terrible Big Beautiful Bill
made the list,



Republicans think they can message away a terrible tax law
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Republicans see ‘scary’ data ahead of midterms
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Blue wave, tsunami, or trickle? Here’s what the data says.
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And sure, it’s too early to talk about 2028 … but we can walk and chew gum at
the same time, can’t we?



Jon Ossoff denies presidential ambitions. He should reconsider.
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Talking about the midterms and 2028 are far more fun than talking about Trump,
aren’t they? And there’s a reason for that. The midterms will finally put a
check on his dictatorial ambitions, and the 2028 presidential election will
mean that—for the first time in over a decade—we can go about our daily days
without thinking about that A-hole again.



And won’t that be beautiful?
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