Then-President Donald Trump hugs the flag as he arrives to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland in March 2019. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images)
He calls people losers so he can’t be one. The thought of that label just makes him undone. But history’s verdict won’t be any finer: He’s not just a loser but also a whiner.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”