How to read the New York Times on the morning of Donald Trump's election
We read pretty much the whole morning edition of our nation's top newspaper. Here's how to make a good start, especially if you're interested in things to do with President Trump.
1. "Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing."
2. "Mr. Trump will thoroughly reimagine the tone, standards and expectations of the presidency, molding it in his own self-aggrandizing image. He is set to take the oath of office on Jan. 20." From "Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment."
3. "We must hope that he has the wit to be more than a wrecker, more than a demagogue, and that his crude genius can actually be turned, somehow, to the common good. And if that hope is dashed, we must find ways to resist him." Conservative columnist Ross Douthat stands by all of his Trump warnings.
4. From "Donald Trump’s Victory Promises to Upend the International Order," "It is hardly surprising that much of the world was rooting for Hillary Clinton over Mr. Trump, who characterized his foreign policy as 'America First.'"
5. "The polls were off because nobody wanted to admit that they were going to vote for him. But it’s a populist revolt and a lot of people believed in Trump’s message." Maureen Dowd talks to her Trump-voting brother at three a.m.
6. "If the news media failed to present a reality-based political scenario, then it failed in performing its most fundamental function." "News Media Yet Again Misreads America’s Complex Pulse."
7. Roger Cohen somehow still manages to sound superior in all sentences—as always—but not dumb. "If Trump governs as he has campaigned, America and the world face real and present danger."
8. "If your [financial] goals haven’t changed, resist a knee-jerk reaction based on an election that didn’t go your way."
9. From a letter to the editor: "What we really need is a revitalized Republican Party that is freed of adherence to the age-old myth that the rich are fit and the poor unfit and is ready to the meet the Democrats halfway in creating a government that works for all Americans."
