Political theorist explains why Trump can't shut up about UFOs (opens in new tab)

Writing for The Bulwark on Wednesday, Yaniv Regev explained that Trump's UFO obsession is less about transparency, national security, a casual interest in science fiction films and his populist supporters advocating for the tearing down of institutions. It's about politics. Not the politics of distraction, as Alex Jones claimed, but the politics of manipulation. The "release the documents" argument, he said, makes sense intuitively. After all, the government hides too much, transparency is go...