Don’t Be Fooled, ‘Trump Is a Weak President’
He lacks the skill to govern in the way the founders intended.
By Michelle Cottle, Carlos Lozada, Jamelle Bouie and David French
Jamelle Bouie
Based in Charlottesville, Va., and Washington, Jamelle Bouie became a New York Times Opinion columnist in 2019. Before that he was the chief political correspondent for Slate magazine.
Mr. Bouie, who is a political analyst for CBS News, has been a staff writer at The Daily Beast and has held fellowships at The American Prospect and The Nation magazine. You can follow him on X (formerly Twitter).
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