Donald Trump Finds His Alamo

The Mueller-Report Battle • Brexit • Trump’s Address [View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( Donald Trump Finds His Alamo Good morning! It was another hair-curling day in the Hive newsroom, dear reader. Mysterious deaths are [going unsolved](. Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has [captured America’s heart](. And CBS News—following the departures of Les Moonves, Jeff Fager, and Charlie Rose—is [ascendant](. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today, we lead with Gabriel Sherman’s latest dispatch from inside the West Wing. Abigail Tracy previews the battle over the Mueller report. And Isobel Thompson reports live from jolly England, where Theresa May is once again flirting with political suicide. We hope that you’re enjoying what you’re reading. Have a great day! [Trump surrounded by microphones]( [“There Is No Endgame”: White House Aides Fear Trump Has Turned the Border Wall into His Alamo]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [“The president put himself in a box” as Trump tries to fight his way out, his new chief of staff already eyes the exits, and Giuliani worries about Mueller’s possibly “horrific” report.]( [“A Shield for Criminality”: The Battle to Unlock the Mueller Report Has Begun]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [As Democrats in Congress prepare to brandish their subpoena fire hose at the White House, right and left are already staging a clandestine cold war over the Mueller report.]( [Has Brexit Become a Suicide Mission for Theresa May?]( By [Isobel Thompson]( [Britain’s plucky prime minister is running out of time to avoid a no-deal Brexit disaster. Could reassurances from Europe, and the promise of an early retirement, whip Parliament into line?]( [Trump Interrupts the Nation to Bloviate, Fearmonger, and Make Zero News]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The president spent valuable political capital to strong-arm the networks into broadcasting his nine-minute Oval Office address. So why didn’t he make any news?]( [Manafort Accidentally Suggests He Gave Data to the Russkies]( By [Tina Nguyen]( [Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former campaign manager really botched this one.]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( [] [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]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.