Donald Trump Is “Terrified of Going to Jail”

Biden-Univision Détente • Santos’s Comeback Attempt • California Dreamin’ [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump Is “Terrified of Going to Jail” Good Saturday morning! If you’re wondering if Donald Trump could really win in November, check out Gabriel Sherman’s [deep dive]( this week into the former president’s “terrifyingly competent” 2024 campaign, which is “as efficient as it is explicitly authoritarian.” Winning the presidency, Sherman wrote, gives Trump his “best chance at protecting his freedom,” with one longtime Trump friend noting how “he’s terrified of going to jail.” Elsewhere this week, Adrian Carrasquillo [revealed]( how Univision and Joe Biden’s White House mended fences; Eric Lutz [tackled]( the “fundamental unseriousness” of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy; Bess Levin [checked in]( on George Santos’s political comeback attempt; and Jon Skolnik [surveyed]( “California Forever,” a “billionaire-backed city no one asked for.” Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you back Monday. —Michael Calderone, editor [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Adult, Person, Head, and Face]( [Inside the Terrifyingly Competent Trump 2024 Campaign]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [With Donald Trump mostly focused on his own legal peril—leaving staffers free to run the campaign—the candidate’s third bid for the White House is as efficient as it is explicitly authoritarian. How worried should you be? Very.]( [Read more button](   [“California Forever,” the Billionaire-Backed City No One Asked For]( By [Jon Skolnik]( [Jan Sramek wants to “deliver a big solution” to the state’s housing crisis by building a new town from scratch. He may have considered every detail, but that doesn’t mean he’s been very considerate.]( [Read more button](   [How Univision and the White House Reconciled After “Softball” Trump Interview]( By [Adrian Carrasquillo]( [Vanity Fair has learned that the president is sitting down this week with veteran journalist Enrique Acevedo, whose kid-glove treatment of Trump drew heavy criticism from Democrats.]( [Read more button](   [George Santos Says He’s Running in a Different District Because He’s “Dying to Have a Chicken Coop and Stuff Like That”]( By [Bess Levin]( [He insists it has nothing to do with unseating fellow Republican Nick LaLota.]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [RFK Jr.: Biden Is More of a Threat to Democracy Than Guy Who Tried to Overthrow Election]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The potential 2024 spoiler acknowledged Trump’s insurrection was “appalling.” But it was nothing, Kennedy suggested, compared with having his Instagram account suspended over vaccine conspiracy theories.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast