Governance
The Emperor's Press Corps
Trump's latest Jesus image was absurd enough on its own. But the deeper scandal was the response: the evasions, the careful phrasing, the refusal to say what even a child could see. The problem is no longer simply that Trump lies. It is that the lie itself has become a political signal — for supporters, for party elites, and too often for the media that still help turn the ridiculous into the credible.