‘It’s All So Unsettled’: 2024 Is the Year of Known Unknowns

Just under a month since Donald Trump announced his third consecutive White House bid, some of his loudest advocates are nowhere to be found.

Only one GOP senator — the former football coach last heard claiming Democrats support reparations for “people that do the crime” — is endorsing the former president, ostensible frontrunner and heretofore leader of the Republican Party. Trump defenders like Rick Scott, Josh Hawley and Lindsey Graham are silent. Ted Cruz, who in September said “the whole world will change depending on what Donald Trump decides,” is now biding his time,...