Even for Trump, This Is Next-Level Narcissism

Donald Trump is unable to process anything except that which directly relates to him. The whole world of observable reality is filtered through how it affects him. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Even for This President, the Axios Interview Was a Spasm of Deranged Narcissism   It's difficult to make the case that we learned anything new about the president during his disastrous interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios, even if Swan conducted the best interview of our fearless leader in recent memory. It's not exactly a breaking news bulletin, for instance, that the American president is the kid who didn't do the reading. Swan, to his credit, was the teacher who made the president get up in front of the class to deliver his book report. The result was typically shameful, if not for the president personally—his entire life is built around contorting reality to avoid the feeling, and he may well be immune to it at this point—then for the nation he purportedly leads. As Politics Editor Jack Holmes explains, it's not just that the president knows nothing about anything and cares less. This was an astounding showcase for his malignant narcissism, his inability to process anything except as it directly relates to him. Read More           5" Inseam TikTok Is Your Bare-Thighed Guide to Shorts Shopping This Summer   Fellas: if your shorts are longer than where your middle finger falls on your thigh when you are standing up, they're too long for you, bro. And if you won't take it from us, take it from the women of TikTok. Welcome to the 5" inseam movement. The past few weeks of this cursed summer have seen a sudden rise in markedly non-cursed 5" inseam content across TikTok, platform of the Youth. It began with a viral video from user @sabrinaxrod celebrating her boyfriend wearing a pair of 5" inseam shorts. That video has more than 300,000 views now, and Sabrina has since gone on to label herself as the "sole reason men are wearing 5" inseam shorts now." She did indeed spark a TikTok trend. But really, it's a lifestyle. More on that, from Lauren Kranc, here. Read More           Here's Where You Can Get Jay-Z's Affordable, Cozy-as-Hell Fit from 'Black Is King'   Last week, Beyoncé dropped her latest tour de force of creative dominance, an hour-and-a-half long visual album that serves as a companion piece to the soundtrack for Disney's remake of The Lion King. For menswear fans, the real thrill comes around 25 minutes in, when the film introduces her husband, Mr. Shawn Carter himself, reclining in the back of an old-school drop-top as he's chauffeured to the front door of a palatial home in a shawl-collar wrap suit from Dior Men's. Then, towards the 30-minute mark, though, Jay opts for a decidedly more casual look, and if the custom-made finery he rocks just-so throughout the rest of his cameo looks like a fantasy in more ways than one, this particular get-up is a whole lot more approachable. Because Jay-Z's shirt, a well-priced terry cloth polo from Tombolo, is currently available online (!) in a near-full run of sizes. Read More           The Best Office Chairs for Healing Your Aching WFH Back   So, you've finally accepted that crouching over a coffee table, slouched in a wooden IKEA kitchen chair, an old pillow behind your back for lackluster support, is not the most effective way to get work done. Likely, the slow burn pain radiating through your back is not helping. All signs lead to getting an office chair, designed for office work, for your home office. Ideally, it'll be an office chair that's a step above the one you left behind in the actual office, which your company likely scored in bulk at a discount and whose levers don't work at all. These office chairs are adjustable to varying degrees. They're the best you can get at any price range. So go pop an Advil to quell the back pain and then take a look. Read More           The Brutality Is Still Happening at Our Southern Border   The recent attention paid to the sudden appearance of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on the streets of Portland, a major city in the distant foreign land of...checks atlas...Oregon, should not blind us to the fact that the organization continues its campaign of brutality on the actual border. As the sun went down on July 31, the CBP blew into a humanitarian aid station run by an organization called No More Death, which set up the facility to serve migrants in the desert. They restrained the staff, trashed the aid station, and carted off the migrants to parts unknown. This was a military-style raid on what basically was an ER in the middle of the desert. Charles P. Pierce offers a reminder that the atrocities in Portland should not blind us to what's still happening at the border. Read More           The Best Stephen King Books of All Time, Ranked   These days, Stephen King is among the most universally beloved living American writers. You can find his stories published in The New Yorker and here at Esquire, and while his books never fail to make the New York Times' Best Seller list, it feels like another film or television adaptation of his work is announced just about every few months. Over more than 40 years, King has authored dozens of classic works—and he just announced that he'll be releasing a new novel, Later, in early 2021. News of a forthcoming release by the iconic horror writer is always exciting, but at this point, it's hardly surprising. King has averaged a novel a year for more than 45 years, and that's on top of the hundreds of short stories and essays he's written. That can make diving into his prodigious body of work a pretty daunting task. So here's a list of his top 15 best books, including King's novels, short story collections, and non-fiction. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019