Why Trump’s attack on Stars and Stripes was a gut punch | Will Bunch Newsletter

You’ve probably noticed that many of your favorite TV news anchors are on vacation right now, because the conventional wisdom is that nothing ever happens in August. That conventional wisdom has been wrong since Aug. 24, 79 A.D., when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The calendar has failed to stop natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina (see item below) or human-made ones like Richard Nixon, who resigned on Aug. 9, 1974. I’m going to tempt fate and take some vacation time next week, including a rare newsletter skip. I’ll see you in two weeks. What could possibly go wrong?If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for free here.Trump’s autocratic assault on Stars and Stripes isn’t just bad. It’s personalLess than two months after the U.S. dropped the most powerful weapon humankind had ever inven