Washington chaos follows Trump’s turn toward Democrats
Trump embraces Schumer
Responding to conservative backlash, President Trump this morning denied he had made a deal with Democratic leaders on DACA. But he hinted a further move toward the Democrats when he told Congressional leaders that the rich, whose invested savings are key to economic growth, may not get a tax cut at all. One area of bipartisan unity: a House vote to defund Attorney General Sessions’ expansion of civil forfeiture. This follows in the wake of press attacks and lawsuits against the policy.
Health care
- Some Republicans in Congress haven’t given up on health care reform,
- the Trump administration is quietly deregulating Obama administration rule-making, and
- promising mitochondrial research to extend life span and health span is underway at UCLA.
Personalities
A role model for Ryan?
A prominent Washington columnist says that House Majority Leader Paul Ryan‘s problem is that he’s a softie in a world of hardball players, unlike his earlier counterpart, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Hillary Clinton, however, has found a good way to reduce the stress of searching for ways to explain her election loss: alternate nostril breathing.
Foreign affairs
Japan’s Abe and India’s Modi
In the wake of China’s refusal to put an end to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un regime, Japan and India are strengthening defense and economic ties. China claims it isn’t worried. Meanwhile China and Russia are moving to take advantage of Trump’s tilt away from Pakistan and toward India. The background to the tilt lies in Trump’s recently announced Afghanistan “strategy” — criticized here.
Although, by contrast, the war by practically everybody against ISIS seems to be drawing to a close in Iraq, that country now faces the difficult question of what next?
Cultural extremes
Globe theater replica in Melbourne
Shakespeare’s English has been getting a premier venue in a “pop up” replica of the Globe theater that, after playing two seasons in New Zealand, is popping up again in Melbourne, Australia. But then there is this from Rapper XXXTentacion.
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