A Partisan’s Progress

Thom Tillis takes partisan shots at Trump sycophants. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. In Thom Tillis’ new book, How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, the two-term senator with little more than two months until his retirement dismisses “lazy reporters” who say he was only willing to speak out against President Trump’s excesses once he decided to retire in June 2025. But Tillis concedes he did become more outspoken after announcing his retirement. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source John McCormack is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was Washington correspondent at National Review and a senior writer at The Weekly Standard. When John is not reporting on politics and policy, he is probably enjoying life with his wife and daughters in northern Virginia or having fun visiting family in Wisconsin. More We Think You’d Like