Charles M. Blow

Donald Trump doesn't want to be president. He wants to be emperor.

Trump would do well to study this history; he has much to learn from it.

You are an aberration and abomination who is willing to do and say anything — no matter whom it aligns you with and whom it hurts — to satisfy your ambitions.

Who would have thought that the final leg of this election cycle would be dominated by crowing about violating vaginas and by probes into penis pictures? But even that frame is problematic because it creates an equivalency that doesn’t exist. One scandal is about a man boasting of predation and the other is about a … Continue reading Vaginas, penises, emails and the FBI

President Barack Obama is fond of saying that Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person to ever seek the presidency. And, if current polls are correct and prove resilient, she will be one of the most qualified people to be elected and ascend to that office. But one of the great ironies of this election … Continue reading Clinton’s specter of illegitimacy

As the Republican National Convention gets underway in Cleveland this week, Donald Trump has a tremendous opportunity to rebrand and reboot his campaign, to make it look and feel more professional and less petulant. Even for the people who loathe him — and there are many — the intensity of outrage inevitably wanes. This says less … Continue reading Trump’s chance to reboot