On July 9, President Trump held a primetime event at the White House to announce he was nominating Brett Kavanaugh, a widely respected judge with impeccable credentials, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Just one week later, Trump embarrassed himself on the world stage by buckling next to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on the subject of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The two events, coming so closely to one another, are the perfect encapsulation of this presidency, representing a phenomenon which can be described as: Good Trump, Bad Trump.

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