President Trump hasn’t had a great week.I don’t think anyone can argue with that.The man who has so utterly dominated the Republican Party has been forced to backtrack or reverse himself, in part because of on-the-record outrage by GOP lawmakers.That involved his plan to create a $1.8-billion "anti-weaponization" fund, with most of it going to Jan.
6 rioters, who he calls patriots.The idea of rewarding people who attacked police officers, took over members’ quarters and chanted "Hang Mike Pence!" touched a very deep nerve (among the public as well).When leaders of his own party, who usually roll over and play dead, started denouncing what some of them called a slush fund, Trump knew he had a loser on his hands and yesterday tried to cut his losses: He has officially killed the funding scheme. US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)This, of course, grew out of his suit against the IRS, where Trump was definitely wronged by the leaking of his tax returns, but as president was "negotiating" with his subordinates.Then there are the courts, where even the Supreme Court has not escaped Trump’s wrath on decisions he dislikes, such as striking down his unilateral global tariffs.
He called out justices by name, branding them "fools and lapdogs," a "disgrace" and an "embarrassment."Which brings us to the Kennedy Center fiasco.A federal judge ordered that Trump’s name be removed from the glittering marble portico overlooking the Potomac River that had just been the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The judge temporarily blocked the two-year shutdown planned to begin this summer.The president posted that unless he was in charge, he had "no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey," suggesting he would turn it over to Congress."Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be prou...