In the first in a series of regular election-year dispatches from anywhere but Washington, our Tim Alberta writes from the Mid-Michigan Gun & Knife Show. It didn’t take long inside the expo center, looking out over endless rows of firearms and ammunition boxes interrupted by Gadsden flags and Make America Great Again hats, to realize this wasn’t just a gun show. It was a tribal gathering, a reunion of right-wingers who wanted to talk and listen as much as buy and sell. And Tim let them talk while he listened. More at the link in our bio. 📷 Tim Alberta/Politico #Michigan #thefridaycover #donaldtrump #gunshow #longreads #letterfromwashington