Why does Donald Trump love inflation?Why does Donald Trump keep saying the Iran war is about to end – and then tell a Fox reporter he’s going to "bomb the s—- out of them"? Why does Donald Trump try to revive the controversial slush fund after saying it’s dead?Why does he insist on putting an unqualified housing hack in charge of national intelligence despite an outcry from his own party?REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: REBELS THREATEN TO UPEND GOP AGENDA AMID GROWING FRUSTRATIONS WITH TRUMPSomething strange is happening here–but what?Is Trump "increasingly frustrated with everyone," as Politico quotes a MAGA operative close to the White House? "He’s pissed and people are not recognizing the level of pissed that he is."President Donald Trump is taking a big swing at a lasting peace deal with Iran giving up its nuclear weapons aspirations.((Roberto Schmidt))If there is connecting tissue here, it’s that Trump and his far-reaching agenda are running smack into reality.STATE OF WAR: HOW TRUMP IS FIGHTING A 9-FRONT BATTLEHe even got blamed for his presence causing the Knicks to lose Game 3 of the NBA Finals (while Taylor Swift’s T-shirt got credit for Wednesday’s miracle comeback).The opposition, led by the courts, has blocked much of what the president wants to do.
His name is coming off the Kennedy Center.His prized ballroom is tied up, as is his proposed 250-foot arch. Republicans were so upset with his temporary appointment of Bill Pulte, who launched mortgage fraud investigations of Trump’s enemies, as director of national intelligence that they refused to renew an expiring domestic surveillance law.
After digging in, the president bowed to political reality yesterday and nominated Jay Clayton, the U.S.attorney in Manhattan.TRUMP DOWNPLAYS SIGNS OF MAGA UNREST OVER POSSIBLE MILITARY STRIKE ON IRANPublicly, Trump dismissed the Jeffrey Epstein uproar as a "hoax" perpetrated by the Democrats and a few renegade Republicans.
But he and his team were privatel...