Haven't done one of these for a few days. But then Trump hadn't said anything that stupid until he decided, apparently on an impulse, to threaten nuclear war with North Korea. That would certainly be such a good thing for everyone on the planet. John Cassidy tells what happened.
And as Jonathan Chait reports, his aides are scurrying to walk back his threats and calm down the whole matter.
Matt Yglesias explains the looming battle over the debt ceiling. This should be a simple matter but nothing in Washington is a simple matter any longer.
"Reform" is a word that's used by politicians of all stripes and it always triggers my skepticism. Exactly what is "Tax Reform?" It's changing the tax laws in some unspecified manner. That is not necessarily good. You kind of have to know what's being altered to know if it's for the better. Anyway, Trump is now patting himself on the back for reforming the Veterans Administration. What has he done? As Kevin Drum notes, darn near nothing.
Trump seems to veer back and forth between trying to categorize Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller as a partisan witch-hunter and as a fine public servant. One suspects that at some point, things will switch to the first of these views, all the time. When that happens, it might by good to remember that, as Joe Conason reminds us, Robert Mueller is a far cry from Ken Starr.