Here’s What Donald Trump’s America Was Actually Like Four Years Ago

Remember March 2020? • Latest Polls • More TikTok News [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Here’s What Donald Trump’s America Was Actually Like Four Years Ago Good morning from the Hive newsroom. March 2020 was an acutely distressing time most of us would rather forget. But in this election cycle, it’s critical that we remember. “Remember when Trump predicted COVID would just ‘disappear’?” For VF, Brian Stelter [explains]( why that period is worth revisiting: “Campaign coverage should grapple with how an aspiring president would handle a global crisis.” Elsewhere, on Inside the Hive, former Obama White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer [calls]( political polls a “poison in our political coverage” and a “content crutch” for narrative-addicted reporters. Plus, Joe Pompeo [talks]( with Amy Chozick about her new show Chasing Hillary that drops on Max this Thursday and is loosely based on her experiences covering Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign as a journalist. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, People, Person, and Electrical Device]( [Here’s What Donald Trump’s America Was Actually Like Four Years Ago]( By [Brian Stelter]( [The former president’s allies want voters to recall their lives four years back, but March 2020 was a harrowing period most people would rather forget. In this 2024 election cycle, it’s crucial to remember.]( [Read more button](   [Polls Schmolls: Former Obama Adviser on Why the Election Is a “Coin Flip”]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Dan Pfeiffer argues that Democrats are in denial about the president’s poor polling. But, with Donald Trump in legal limbo, he says he’d still “rather be the Biden campaign.”]( [Read more button](   [With The Girls on the Bus, a Hillary Scribe Returns to the Campaign Trail]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Amy Chozick talks to VF about trading life at The New York Times (“It was my whole identity”) for a dream in Hollywood, and how she worked through her 2016 PTSD with the new Max show. “It was especially cathartic,” she says, “when we decided there is no Hillary and no Trump in this world.”]( [Read more button](   [Ron DeSantis Just Picked a Fight With One of His Biggest Fans]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The Florida governor, once an ally to Libs of TikTok, accused the social media account of “lying” for clicks over a post that alleged the state provided IDs to undocumented immigrants.]( [Read more button](   [Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial May Be Delayed by at Least One Month]( By [Bess Levin]( [This does not bode well for any hope of the accused criminal being brought to justice.]( [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