Ashley Parker
@AshleyRParker
I remain skeptical about Twitter. Also: @TheAtlantic staff writer. @MSNBC analyst. And @washingtonpost + @nytimes alum. Email: [email protected].
Today is my first week at @TheAtlantic. Send tips — news, parenting, food and otherwise — to @aparker@theatlantic.com. And my cell/Signal is the same. Use it!
"But lately, his posts are not having the desired effect. It’s possible that what observers witnessed this weekend is a tipping point of sorts. Trump’s posts, instead of influencing reality, suggest that the president is retreating from it entirely" theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
Yes, come for @grynbaum's deliciously juicy new book on Condé Nast. And stay for the tales of two kid reporters, locked in a glass huddle room, working on a story (which still holds up! ) on a candidate v few took seriously in the summer of 2016: Donald Trump.
DC, come see me and @AshleyRParker talk Condé Nast and media gatekeepers at @PoliticsProse tonight at 7pm! Bonus tidbits from our 2016 interview with Trump about The Apprentice….
Trump has raged against MAGA influencers who, in his estimation, have profited and grown famous off their association with him and his political movement Trump said the “disloyal” influencers “have forgotten whose name is above the door” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
🔥 💃 👀 (Also, @ToluseO +@newsbysamuels George Floyd book is one of the few I broke my No Non Fiction rule for…)
A little personal update: Today is my first day @TheAtlantic. I'm thrilled to be joining some old friends and meeting some brilliant folks who I've admired from afar. Looking forward to being a part of something special. Send tips!: [email protected]
I was at a playground w my kids when the news broke. I called a babysitter first, then my editors. Wild day.
One year ago today, the @washingtonpost's recap of a monumentally historic decision: "Biden dropped out. This is how it happened," by @michaelscherer @tylerpager @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker @yabutaleb7 washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…
The White House mulled ways to quell the Epstein furor: Appoint a special counsel. Unseal court documents. Have Bondi address the press. Could Trump hold *daily* news conferences à la his COVID briefings? Then the birthday card story exploded: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
NEW: The White House mulled ways to quell the Epstein furor: Appoint a special counsel. Unseal court documents. Have Bondi address the press. Could Trump hold *daily* news conferences à la his COVID briefings? Then the birthday card story exploded: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
“Trump—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on from Epstein and that alone should suffice” (w/@AshleyRParker) theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
“An octogenarian Air Force retiree who spent half a century in his nation’s service was not allowed to attend a party for a dog he essentially donated to the government and named after his dead wife.” @shaneharris on Trump’s retribution theatlantic.com/national-secur…
OH on the monitor this morning, following indistinct shouting and crying: *The 6-year-old to the 2-year-old: "Alright! Let's make a deal! Do you want to do a deal?"
Today’s Murkowski Moment™. Asked how she felt about recissions, she said, “Concerned. Apparently, that's what you journalists say, ‘Murkowski is always concerned.’” Reporters: That’s Collins Murkowski: “So what’s my version?” Rs: Frustrated M: “Oh, true. Super frustrated.”
The incredibly long list of family members and, frankly, assorted other random adults that I just told a summer camp are authorized to pick up my 6-year-old... really underscores the It Takes A Village approach (and even then, it's still a house of cards).
Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes. @AshleyRParker & @isaacstanbecker on the hustle by world leaders and diplomats as they quietly swap strategies for how to manage Trump. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
As world leaders war-game and strategize over their meetings w Trump, even some foreign press corps are getting in on the fun. Young, female Norwegians reporters positioned themselves in Trump’s line of sight and got off an early flurry of questions. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Foreign leaders recalibrating their approach to Trump after concluding he’s not an aberration — as many dismissed him last time — but a representation of Americans’ views, @AshleyRParker @isaacstanbecker write.
It takes a careful mix of flattery, firmness, and personal flourishes to appease Donald Trump, @AshleyRParker and @isaacstanbecker report. Foreign leaders and their allies have engaged in “gossipy group shares” about what has worked: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
It takes a careful mix of flattery, firmness, and personal flourishes to appease Donald Trump, @AshleyRParker and @isaacstanbecker report. Foreign leaders and their allies have engaged in “gossipy group shares” about what has worked: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Flattery, Firmness and Flourishes: World leaders trade tips on how to manage trip, from me + @isaacstanleybecker: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Trump is traveling to Texas today to meet with those who have been affected by floods. @KannoYoungs, @tparti, @nancyayoussef, and @peterbakernyt join @AshleyRParker on @washingtonweek to discuss the role of the federal agencies and emergency response under Trump:…
“The frustration isn’t yet producing mass resignations or major internal protests, but the officers and agents described a workforce on edge, vilified by broad swaths of the public and bullied by Trump officials demanding more and more,” @NickMiroff writes theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Trump is betting his big domestic-policy bill “will usher in a booming economy,” @JonLemire, @michaelscherer, and @AshleyRParker write. If he fails, “at least one house of Congress could swing to the Democrats next fall”: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…