Today's Bad News for Donald Trump
Well, it looks like a three-way tie! In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling saying Trump's accounting firm must turn over eight years of his accounting records — i.e., his income tax forms. That's one. Then a federal judge in Texas ruled that Trump's "national emergency" declaration to build The Wall is unlawful. That's two. Then a different federal judge blocked the Trump's "public charge" rule, which would have made it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards. Had it not been blocked, it would have gone into effect next week. That's three.
Today's Outrage by Donald Trump
The Trump administration is sending 3,000 service members, two fighter squadrons, one air expeditionary wing, two Patriot Missile batteries and one THAAD missile defense system to Saudi Arabia to aid that kingdom. As Daniel Larison noted in a link yesterday, Trump is often praised by his supporters for his policy of getting us out of permanent foreign wars…but he hasn't actually done that yet anywhere. To date, he has escalated every war he inherited and he sure looks poised to create some new ones.
Bonus Article About Donald Trump
Trump keeps soliciting or applauding illegal or unethical actions done on his behalf. His followers claim that what he says in these instances are "jokes." But as William Saletan makes clear, they're not.