“That Psychopath Is Going Down”

[View this email in your browser]( [images-hive-logo (1).jpg]( “That Psychopath Is Going Down” Good morning! It was another head-spinning day in the Hive newsroom, dear reader, as our crack team of reporters gathered the news on [commemorative-coin enthusiast]( Donald Trump’s [predictable self-immolation]( over North Korea; the president’s irony-defying [data-security scandal]( the [paranoid new theory]( behind calls for a second special counsel; and the progressive Jacobins coming for [Mark Zuckerberg’s head](. Plus: T.A. Frank investigates whether the Saudi-Emirati Don Jr. bombshell has [blown up the Trump-Russia case](. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today, we lead with Gabriel Sherman’s latest report from deep inside the West Wing, where Trump’s allies are toggling between paranoia over an alleged Deep State plot to frame the president and the abiding conviction that Robert Mueller doesn’t have the goods. Meanwhile, Abigail Tracy reveals how Trump’s escalating attacks on the special counsel are deepening his legal nightmare. We hope that you’re enjoying what you’re reading. Have a great day! [trump oval office]( [“That Psychopath Is Going Down”: Inside Trumpworld, a Bizarre Counter-Narrative Takes Hold]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [People in Trump’s orbit have become convinced that anti-Trump forces in the F.B.I. entrapped his advisers using informants to plant evidence about Russian collusion—and that former C.I.A. director John Brennan is somehow behind the plot. “If I were him, I’d break the capsule and swallow it now,” one longtime confidant says.]( [Trump’s War with Mueller Makes His Legal Problems Worse]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [The president’s brazen new legal strategy is high-risk, and offers few rewards.]( [The G.O.P. Measures Paul Ryan for Cement Shoes]( By [Bess Levin]( [Congressional Republicans and a top White House adviser have endorsed a plan to strip Ryan of his speakership before his January retirement.]( [Could Jeff Bezos’s Royal Wedding Tech Power a New Surveillance State?]( By [Maya Kosoff]( [The A.C.L.U. is calling on Amazon to stop selling its facial-recognition technology to law enforcement.]( [Will Rudy Giuliani Force Mueller to Show His Hand?]( By [Isobel Thompson]( [Trump’s newest lawyer is fighting an enemy who refuses to punch back. But how long can Mueller hold out?]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, [vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com]( to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.