Trump sees only his own victimhood as he apologises to Kavanaugh | Gaby Hinsliff

Everyone identifies with someone in this story, provoking a raw anger on both sides. But Trump will fail at the long game

Oh, the gall of it. The sheer, unmitigated gall of it.

For a moment, as Donald Trump spoke of the “pain and suffering” endured by one noble individual in his wretched supreme court nomination process, you almost wondered if he might find some gracious way to acknowledge Dr Christine Blasey Ford. If nothing else, perhaps the president might condemn the death threats that have made it impossible for her to live in her own home after testifying to a high school sexual assault.

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