Trump needs a Hail Mary touchdown
Usually it takes a lot of boring three-yard runs and a thick cloud of dust to drive any important piece of legislation across the goal line in
But at this late stage of the game QB Donald Trump and his Republican teammates are going to need a Hail Mary.
During the seven months they’ve been in control of the political football in D.C. they've brought no significant legislation before
But the president — the owner, head coach, chief publicist and star quarterback of Team Trump — remains the biggest problem.
Like a reckless rookie unable to learn from his mistakes, QB Trump is repeatedly scrambling out of the pocket, throwing incompletions in every direction — and then blaming his blockers, receivers and cheerleaders on Twitter for his team's negative yardage.
Meanwhile, for him and the
It's already August.
Then comes 2018 and the mid-term elections. And then nothing important will happen in
On healthcare, it's clear that we can't completely repeal Obamacare, but we can still completely fix it.
Trump and
It's frustrating to see how Trump keeps hurting his own cause and the future of the
The stock market is soaring and the economy is showing signs of growth, but that good news is never heard in the media because it's drowned out by the coverage of the president's tweeting.
It was one of the best moves Trump has made and a sign of hope that he may finally be learning something on the job.
We've written about how important it is for a president to have an adult like Kelly in the
But if he wants to fulfill any of his campaign promises, or even if he wants to push his poll numbers back into the low 40 percent range, he has to become disciplined.
He has to learn that presidents never slam their generals in public or talk out loud about firing generals like
He has to learn to pat his people on the back, to uplift them, not stab them in the back.
He has to learn what my father knew — that when you have to attack your enemies, your best weapons are a wink and a nod.
Most important,
And in politics the bottom line is that in the end the blame — like the buck — stops at the president's desk.
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