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By Gail CollinsSept. 10, 2025
OK, people, we’re bidding adieu to summer and plummeting into fall. Vacation’s over. Time to think about stuff like … the White House.
Come back here! True, President Trump has more than three years left in his presidency, but you can’t block him out that long. I did try — switched from CNN to the Game Show Network and watched average people trying to name the capital of Mali instead of the most powerful leader on the planet trying to make it harder to vote.
