It was a crystallizing moment in our current political reality: The president, staring down an increasingly likely reelection loss, saw one of his favorite conspiracy theories about his 2020 opponent crumble. As we were learning that, he was lodging even-more far-flung and desperate conspiracy theories.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
As Trump’s chief conspiracy theory suffers a major blow, he reaches for more desperate ones
Analysis by Aaron Blake
October 14, 2020 at 11:37 a.m. EDT