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Axios’s Window into the Trump-Addled Mind

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President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media as he departs the White House in Washington, D.C., January 31, 2025.

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As Phil has observed, Trump’s “flood the zone” strategy — a multipronged pincer in which the president bombards the news cycle with executive orders, interviews, impromptu pressers, and social media posts that shape the national discourse — seems designed to disorient his opponents.

Some have responded to this campaign of extremely mild psychological warfare better than others. We need not look long for examples of those on the left who have unsuccessfully managed their own debilitating apprehension. Axios reporters have already submitted themselves.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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