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Melania Trump
April 13, 2020
Nina Burleigh
Trump’s Women Are Trapped in a Cult of “Empowerment”
The president's silent accessories have been permitted to wield their limited power on his behalf in his hour of crisis.
December 19, 2019
David Roth
A Unified Theory of the Trumps’ Creepy Aesthetic
The bloodless exorbitance of the White House's Christmas stagecraft reveals a deeper truth about the presidential couple.
November 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
To what extent has Melania Trump ousted the deputy national security advisor?
June 19, 2017
MagazineAdele M. Stan
How Trump Rebranded the First Family
The president has turned an archaic institution into something worse—an organized racket.
July 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
In thirteen months, the Trump campaign has learned nothing about damage control.

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