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This past week has to be one of the worst weeks for Trump since his re-election. Nothing seemed to go right.
- bookends:
- extends tariff decision on China for another 90 days;
- red carpet treatment for Putin resulted in nothing and set a record for shortest international summit ever;
- doesn't even take questions at end of summit;
- apparently a "Biden-in-the-headlights" moment -- what the hell just happened?
- my wife's hunch: from the get-go, SecState Rubio knew this was a non-starter and told Trump to "get out [of Alaska now]” before Trump is sucked into an even bigger trap
- Rubio knew from the get-go that Putin was not interested in talking;
- it was all about the photo-op: a shaking of hands with President Trump
- Intel boondoggle sits at the top of my "craziness list";
- first he wants the Chinese-connected CEO to exit stage left
- then he suggests he may take a stock position in Intel; says CEO is right man for right job
- DC setback on something that seemed so obvious -- fighting crime; cleaning up DC
- more states than ever are now planning massive gerrymandering to counter Trump's Texas proposal to gain five GOP seats
- good news: The NYT says the GOP nationally has more to gain than the Democrats
- exhibit A: there are "no" GOP districts in California north of San Francisco or south of Legoland
- there may be three GOP districts between Los Angeles and San Francisco
- California has 52 US congressional districts.
Many more weeks like this and the mid-term elections could be a disaster.
