Trumpism is a politics of spite, by which I mean that its strategic impulses often seem driven by nothing more complicated than “if the traditional liberal establishment believes X, then surely Not X must be better.”

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

Anti-Anti-Proliferation

Nick Catoggio

/ July 22, 2026

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Nick Catoggio

Anti-Anti-Proliferation

Nick Catoggio

/ July 22, 2026

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