The new top troll spoils Trump’s comeback

For years, Donald Trump has survived scandal, scorn and defeat and still managed to keep his warlord grip on the Republican Party. Even this [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump’s Presidential Campaign]( — Joshua Green For years, Donald Trump has survived scandal, scorn and defeat and still managed to keep his warlord grip on the Republican Party. Even this month’s epic string of disasters, from his candidates’ losses in the midterms and his dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and professed Hitler fan Ye (Kanye West) to the tax fraud convictions of two of his companies, might not derail him. But irrelevance might. In the critical weeks since his Nov. 16 campaign launch, the person who has dominated the right-wing attention economy isn’t Trump. It’s Elon Musk. Read the [whole thing](. [Is Putin Finally Getting Smart About His Ukraine Disaster?]( — Hal Brands [China Clashes Are Pushing India Away From the US]( — Mihir Sharma [Waiting for Home Prices to Drop? Bad Strategy]( — Alexis Leondis [Russia Is Feeling the Pain of Europe’s Oil Embargo]( — Julian Lee [To End the War in Ukraine, Follow Estonia, Not France]( — Andreas Kluth [It’s Time for Biden to Unleash His Mega Oil Trade]( — Liam Denning [Don’t Wait Up for Nuclear Fusion]( — David Fickling [What Did SBF and FTX Lose in Real Money?]( — Paul J. Davies [Was Trump or Brexit the Bigger Mistake? The Answer Is Clear]( — Ian Buruma Notes: Find more [opinions]( at [YouTube]( and [Apple Podcasts]( (or your favorite audio platform), [Instagram](, [TikTok](, [LinkedIn]( and [Twitter](. This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. New subscribers can [sign up here](. Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022