this one, the first debate between trump and clinton this year, not the one last night but the first one, that was the most watched presidential debate in u.s. history. this one got lower ratings than that first debate between trump and clinton but still that one was better than this one, which was better rated than this one, which was a vice presidential debate, not even a presidential one and that one was better rated than this one, which was kind of terrible. and that one was better rated than this one way back in the day and that one was rated better than this one and that one was rated better than this one and that one was rated better than this one. but all of those presidential and vice presidential debates, all of them, rated better than the one that we saw last night, which is a little weird, right? the first debate between trump and clinton, off the chart. best-rated presidential debate ever. but last night, the second one, same two candidates, stunk up the joint in compariso
anything, that we can tell, about his relationship with donald trump or how he s behaving as the top republican in congress. paul ryan is still endorsing donald trump. he s still, as far as we know, voting for donald trump. he is still hoping donald trump gets elected president in november and working toward that end. paul ryan is still the highest-ranking elected official in this party that explicitly says it s in total support of the trump campaign and fully coordinated with the trump campaign and has organized for nothing so much as getting donald trump elected to be president of the united states in november. to the point where there are pro trump protests against the republican party because the republican party and trump party are one in the same and don t let anybody suggest different. again, to be clear, from this morning, this guy, this guy with this sign in the middle of that demonstration, he s fine. this guy does not bother the republican party at all. that s how they are r
matter not just of civic engagement, not just a matter of partisan consequences. it s a matter of potentially national security. it s a matter of the interests of the united states of america if the united states president could be subject to blackmail from material like that if people knew it was in circulation. so if you are that donald trump supporting woman in virginia, this has got to be a little bit of a hard time. we know that your candidate was nowhere in the polls, down 14 points head to head against clinton. even if you were delighted with how trump performed against hillary clinton, we ve also learned today that nobody watched that debate. ratings for the second presidential debate last night were down 21% from the first presidential debate. we also know that what you have to expect between now and the next presidential debate, if there is going to be one, that inevitably, other shoes are likely to drop in terms of donald trump s history of off-putting remarks particularly a
our readers depend on foreign policy for insight and analysis for issues of national security and foreign policy. we feel our obligation to our readers extends now to i can maing clear the great magnitude that a threat of donald trump presidency would make to the united states. he has promoted a delusional and narcissistic view of the world, one in which he seems to feel the power of his personality in negotiations could redirect the course of other nations, remake or supplant treaties and for generations to come trump is the worst major-party candidate this republic has ever produced. not to put too fine a point on it. but to the editors of foreign policy, there is also good news this year. fortunately not only is trump opposed by a worthy candidate, but his opponent on foreign policy and national security issues, all of the areas that we cover here at foreign policy, she is one of the best qualified candidates this country has produced on those issues since world war ii. foreign
that is what is offensive. so as i say, a slightly awkward time to be a donald trump supporter today. sympathize here. empathize. a slightly awkward time to be an earnest trump-supporting northern virginia middle-aged lady standg there at the protest next to the guy with the p word on the sign, better to grab the p word than to be one. women for trump. part of the reason i think it is almost inherently getting awkward to be a trump supporter in some parts of the country is because we now have pretty solid evidence that that s becoming a more and more lonely status. did you see this n about. c/wall street journal poll that came out today? it s almost nuts. it s a good poll.