Normalization

Never mind a quiz about the rise of fascism in the United States, the New York Times only publishes little games about Trump’s etiquette with the royals

This week, the New York Times ran a jaunty etiquette quiz pegged to Donald J. Trump’s current state visit to Britain—what to call the king, when to put the fork down, whether one may bow from the waist. The writer framed this frothy offering as a light, clickable diversion from the “pomp and royal tradition” of the Project 2025 puppet’s second state vis…