Donald Trump Has Jumped the Shark

2016 All Over Again • Trump and Musk’s Internet Fail • More RFK Jr. [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump Has Jumped the Shark Good morning. Molly Jong-Fast has a [message]( for the media: Be wary of taking coverage cues from the “bad-faith actor” running against Kamala Harris, or, for that matter, from his sidekick, JD Vance. “Many articles seem unable to grasp the stakes of 2024 beyond framing it as a traditional horse race.” Elsewhere, we still can’t get over that insane “conversation” on X between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, where Trump [implied]( that he’d flee to Venezuela if he loses the election. First, Musk couldn’t figure out how to use his own platform? Kase Wickman [recaps]( the Harris campaign’s stream of shitposts about how bad the former president and Musk are at the internet. Trump also did little to regain any of the momentum he’s lost since Harris entered the race, and largely repeated his rally rhetoric, “with sometimes muddled speech,” [writes]( Eric Lutz. “The sense one gets listening to all this is of a man out of ideas, reaching into an old bag of tricks that aren’t as interesting as they used to be.” Plus, Bess Levin [updates]( us on the latest RFK Jr. drama: A judge has ruled that his name should not appear on the New York ballot, calling his claims of living in a one-room rental—where he’s only slept a single night—“highly improbable.” Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump]( [Have We Learned Anything Since 2016?]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [Donald Trump will still play assignment editor—if the media lets him.]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump Has Jumped the Shark]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The former president was hoping his conversation with Elon Musk could reset his spiraling campaign. Instead, the glitchy, garbled interview underscored just how boring the Trump Show has gotten.]( [Read more button](   [RFK Jr. Ruled Ineligible for New York Ballot After Judge Calls BS on Him Living in a One-Room Rental for $500 a Month]( By [Bess Levin]( [He only started paying rent after a report questioned if he really lived there.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Suggests He’ll Flee to Venezuela If Harris Wins the Election]( By [Bess Levin]( [He absurdly claimed that the South American dictatorship will be safer than the US.]( [Read more button](   [Kamala Harris’s Campaign Mocks How Much Donald Trump and Elon Musk Suck at the Internet]( By [Kase Wickman]( [The two “cannot run a livestream in the year 2024,” the Harris campaign snarked on X.]( [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