Sunday, March 26, 2017

Eighty-fifth Day

© Jose Luis Magana/AP Barack Obama leaves the National Gallery of Art in Washington on March 5 — a rare public appearance in a post-presidency that is nonetheless shaping up to be busier than most. 


Barack Obama is looking good.  Yes.  Indeed.

Sigh.

What a political week it was!
Nothing good on the governance side, but lots of politics.

I learned something interesting about Trump this week via Michael Scherer of Time Magazine on the PBS show Washington Week: Donald Trump considers FACTS as points of negotiation. He throws something out just to see what he can get away with.

As far as healthcare:
One thing to remember - Republicans wanted to Repeal first and Replace some time later.  Trump is the one who said Repeal AND Replace at the same time.

First, listen to the Face the Nation Diary podcast for this week. John Dickerson gives a fantastic overview of how the week progressed.  It was an accurate reflection of what I saw happening.

Nex read this crazy interview with Chuck Todd (NBC News) and Mick Mulvanney (Trump's Director of the Office of Management and Budget) on Meet The Press this morning.
I can't tell if Trump gets his talking points from Mulvaney gets his from Trump. Or, maybe they both get it from Bannon.
Crazy stuff.

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