Daily Standard: Trump Is Never Going To Be Reagan

[View this as website]( [SUBSCRIBE - Get Print and Full Digital]( [header] Monday, July 9, 2018 [We Got Polling Data on 3,000 Trump Tweets. Here's What We Found.]( Nearly every news cycle in the Trump Era contains at least one predictable part—the Trump Tweet. Whether the news cycle is about a policy debate, a political scandal, a cultural fight between Trump and a celebrity—or something else entirely—the president almost always tweets something. [Read More]( [Trump Is Never Going To Be Reagan]( Both entered politics as outsiders, but that is where the similarity ends. [Read More]( [Starbucks' Last Straw]( The coffee giant is ditching plastic straws— for the right reason. [Read More]( [Bamboozled by Kim]( North Korea was never going to “denuclearize.” [Read More]( [Will May End in July—or October?]( Britain’s prime minister rocked by resignations related to Brexit. [Read More]( [Farmers the First Casualties in Trump's Trade War]( China is targeting agriculture because of farm country's support for the president. [Read More]( [Decision Day: Trump’s SCOTUS Pick]( On today’s Daily Standard podcast, deputy online editor Jim Swift and reporter Andrew Egger join host Charlie Sykes to make their predictions for tonight’s SCOTUS nomination announcement, discuss the early fallout from Trump’s trade war with China, and scratch their heads over the new scandal surrounding Ohio congressman Jim Jordan. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [TWS CRUISE 2017 FALL]( Afternoon Links Introducing Weekly Standard Access. If you’re getting this newsletter, there are pretty good odds you are one of our valued subscribers. (If not, what are you waiting for?) Since not everyone is a print subscriber, you might not know about [our new Access benefits]( for subscribers. A private Facebook group, conference calls, discounts for cruises and events… new features will be added over time! So [unlock your Access today]( and come on into our exclusive Facebook group and have a chat! Have some Ollie Fries and and Ollie Burger lately? I’m a little young, so Ollie’s Trolley’s heyday was a bit a bit before my time… but we have one here in Washington that I’ve been to a few times. But I didn’t know the history behind Ollie Gleichenhaus, so [do read this account of his stunted rise](. And if you’re in Louisville, Cincinnati, or Washington, do drop by and have an Ollie burger. The writer, Keith Pandolfi, is right when he says: “Eating an Ollieburger is like having a McCormick spice warehouse explode in your mouth. There’s a magic mingling of oregano and garlic, cumin, rosemary, and Old Bay — an Italian pot roast and a Maryland crab boil all in one.” Don't destroy the Supreme Court to save it from Trump. That’s what friend of the newsletter Michael Graham argues [in a CBS opinion column]( “Democratic talk about expanding the Supreme Court to 11 or 15 members when they eventually take power in the future so they can appoint liberal justices and take back the majority would be far more damaging to the judiciary than any pick Trump would ever make. “ The Reds are playing really good baseball. Despite their terrible start to the 2018 campaign, a new manager has the Reds playing really quite well. They’ll face off against my Indians later in the month, but I have to point this out: [They recently hit two grand slams in a week](. And by “they” I mean Reds pitchers. What is John Daly up to? Causing trouble, as usual. Seems he dropped out of a tournament because he couldn’t get a golf cart use waiver. Why? Golf Week [reports]( "He’d asked for wheels owing to a knee injury he suffered while dodging a car that struck his RV in the parking lot of an Augusta Hooters..." Has Animal House aged well? Not really, [according to Michael Aronson]( head of the Cinema Studies Department at the University of Oregon, where the movie was filmed. “The problem is the film is bad, really bad… It might be fondly remembered if you haven’t watched it in 30 years, but Animal House is awful; wildly misogynist, homophobic, and racist.” Aronson concludes: “Probably it’s best to forget Animal House.” Did you say “forget Animal House?” Nothing is forgotten until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no! Everything the Mouse owns. [This map]( of every company Disney owns is insane. —Jim Swift, deputy online editor. Please feel free to send us comments, thoughts and links to dailystandard@weeklystandard.com. —30— ADVERTISEMENT [Free Luggage Tag]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe from this List]( [Update Subscription Preferences]( The Weekly Standard | [1152 15th Street NW Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005](