Inside Trump’s “Total Meltdown”

[The Widening Russian Playbook]( [View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks August 21, 2018 [Donald Trump crosses his arms at the Resolute Desk.]( [Inside Trump’s “Total Meltdown”]( [White House counsel Don McGahn’s interviews with Mueller have rattled Trump to his core. Gabriel Sherman reports.]( [READ MORE »]( [Nicole Kidman’s Transformation]( [Playing an L.A.P.D. cop haunted by her past, Kidman digs deep into a woman who “wears her ugliness on the outside.” This is your exclusive first look at Destroyer.]( [READ MORE »]( [Argento and Bourdain, photographed at an Emmy Awards party in 2017.]( [Asia Argento Fires Back]( [The actress denies allegations of sexual assault, and says Anthony Bourdain paid off her accuser to prevent a media maelstrom.]( [READ MORE »]( [Shameless star William H. Macy]( [Pushing Boundaries]( [“I’m a Lutheran from western Maryland, I’m not used to this,” William H. Macy tells V.F. about his character on Shameless.]( [READ MORE »]( [Franklin_Aretha_247_(Jan_1969_Muscle_Shoals).jpg]( [A Grim Tribute]( [Madonna rambled her way into infamy at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards. The Queen of Soul deserved better.]( [READ MORE »]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( Fair Digital Subscription]( [][Vanity Fair]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. 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]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.