Jessica Karl, Columnist

Now Riding in the Squad Car: the President

Trump’s perpetual search for the sugar high of attention doesn’t address real problems and isn’t necessarily winning him support.

August 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM UTC

By Jessica Karl

Jessica Karl is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter.

Scanning the streets.
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This might be a first: On a radio show this afternoon, the President of the United States announced that he was going on a police ride-along. I have to share the entire quote because a paraphrase doesn’t do it justice.