Will Chris Wallace Ask Trump About These Newly Revealed, Seedy Marketing Schemes?

It's hard to stomach the notion that the president's looking out for the little guy when he pocketed millions promoting multilevel marketing schemes. But this is, after all, American politics. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Trump's Populist Shtick Hits Different When You Learn What He Was Up to During the Great Recession   The scam worked: Donald Trump billed himself as a rich guy who could fix the system because he knew how it was rigged—plus, he was already rich, so he didn't need anybody's money. But it turns out that rich people always want more money, however, and also that Trump—as a man almost militantly incurious about the world, completely uninterested in reading, and incapable of summoning the patience for any kind of strategic thinking—was not really that rich. In fact, as the New York Times made abundantly clear by getting hold of his tax returns and publishing them on Sunday, he can hardly be described as a Businessman at all. But the Times was not done there, and the story of Donald Trump's everyman populism continues apace. Politics Editor Jack Holmes unpacks the latest revelation, including various seedy get-rich-quick schemes the now-president pursued once his profile had been sufficiently boosted by his time on The Apprentice. Read More           This Was One Big Rejection of Political Reality   The night began with a third-party candidate from Maine cutting up a face mask on live television to prove how free he is, and it ended with the governor of Montana and a senator from Montana squabbling over the fate of high-school football in that state. (This is your democracy, America, etc.) If you played your live-streaming right, and you're stuck in aquarium life anyway, you could've watched a senatorial debate triple-header on Monday night. It began in Maine, followed by Iowa, and concluded in Montana, and if you could divine any reason why any of these three exercises could have moved a single vote, you're a much smarter person than I am. However, there was one overriding theme that ran through all three debates, and it is best described by the pre-launch prayer offered up by astronaut Alan Shepard in 1961: "Please god, don't let me f*ck up." Charles P. Pierce on a night where Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Mitch McConnell simply did not exist. Read More           Sur La Table's Anniversary Sale Includes All Kitchenware You've Been Waiting to Pull the Trigger On   Once a year, Sur La Table holds an anniversary sale that takes up to 40 percent off a bunch of cooking supplies and kitchenware from brands you've had an eye on all year. Especially in a year when your kitchen's seen more use than you ever expected it would. (This is the year you're actually interested in the many methods of Dutch oven mastery.) Conveniently, the sale falls at the beginning of cool-weather season, when it won't feel so disgusting to turn on your oven, or so extravagant to buy a cookbook solely dedicated to soups. Until October 5, a week from now, take a look at what's included. You'll dig up something nice. Read More           17 Cardigans to Keep You Looking Cool (and Feeling Comfortable) Wherever You Are   The cardigan is the sweater you should be spending your day cozily ensconced in right now, and I'm not backing down until I've converted the whole lot of you with my zealotry. Think of the iconic button-front style as the Zoom-ready blazer alternative of your dreams, one you don't even have to go to the effort of pulling over your head, messing up your meticulously maintained coiffure in the process. (You are taking care to meticulously maintain your coiffure, right?) You literally throw it on, like a freaking cape. I'm not saying the cardigan will turn you into a superhero, but I'm not not saying it either. Here are 17 we're loving right now. Read More           The 60 Best Movies You Can Stream on Netflix Right Now   The bad news: Netflix isn't hosting as many films as it used to. The popular movie and TV streaming platform has about 40 percent fewer movies than it did five years ago, thanks in part to the fact that these days, it's facing a lot of competition. The good news, though, is that there are still thousands of films on Netflix—3,781, according to one report. But by the time anybody tried to scroll your way through more than 3,000 options, movie night would be long over. So here's a list of some of the very best movies on the platform right now. From indie hidden gems to Oscar nominees, documentaries to sci-fi, action to rom-coms and more, these are the best movies to stream on Netflix. Read More           In a Rare Interview Kid Cudi Opens Up to Esquire About His Mental Health   Four years ago, Kid Cudi was balancing his role as a famously productive rapper and trying to keep a still-nascent acting career in the air. He was anxious. He was self-medicating. He was burning out. So, after nearly a decade in the spotlight, he hit the brakes. "I think it was just everything finally catching up to me," he says. Cudi checked himself into a rehab facility, fending off public speculation (and some disses from Drake), and stayed quiet. He didn't know when he'd be back. Now, Kid Cudi is on seemingly every screen that's left broadcasting through the pandemic and, somewhat counterintuitively for a 36-year-old rapper, enjoying a commercial peak musically. In addition to a chart-topping single released in April, he's booking roles in film and TV projects like never before in his career. It's "like a rainstorm," he says of the string of acting appearances he's made recently, from Westworld to Bill & Ted Face the Music to, most recently, HBO's We Are Who We Are. "A monsoon." In a rare interview, Cudi opens up to Brenden Klingenberg about his darkest days, his new role, and his relationship with Kanye West amid the MAGA of it all. 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