Your Thursday Trump Dump

Links? We got 'em…

  • William Saletan examines what was on the mind of Donald Trump Jr. when he agreed to the meetings that have confirmed collusion. The answer basically is "nothing."
  • Fred Kaplan on how easily Trump is manipulated. When Donald was elected, a lot of us thought, "Well at least he's a skilled negotiator." He's proving to be even worse at that than I was at age 10 when I traded away my beloved Sandy Koufax baseball card for five of unknown Philadelphia Phillies.
  • Kevin Drum notes that the infamous towering, impregnable 2,000 mile wall Trump swore he'd build is being scaled back. It may turn out to be a few yards of side-by-side croquet wickets.
  • Sarah Kliff explains the latest version of the Republican Health Care Plan. It's another attempt to simultaneously please G.O.P. senators who want to cover as few Americans as possible and G.O.P. senators who are afraid they won't get re-elected if that happens.
  • Amy Davidson Sorkin on the problems that Republican senators and congressfolks have in opposing Donald Trump. They can't get re-elected if they lose Trump supporters and they sure don't want to have a solid Republican challenger.

Nate Silver's website says Trump now has 55.0% disapproval and 39.3% support. I wonder how many on each side will never budge, no matter what happens.