How Donald Trump became the president of Washington, DC ^29.4%

Semafor - By Shelby Talcott - 7/3/2026, 9:45 AM

Biased Writer Voice 18.5% - Negativity Bias 17.5% - Appeal to Emotion 11.9%

On August 3, 2023, Donald Trump was seated in the back seat of a Chevrolet Suburban, on his way from the airport to the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. Facing arraignment on four charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he looked out the window and saw a US capital that had... more