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Morning Meltdown

So, the midterms have come and gone, and the big story, pretty obviously, was flipping of the House of Representatives. The Democrats now hold the majority, which, if we’re honest, was probably the best we could have hoped for. But honestly, for me, the more entertaining news came the morning after. Donald Trump tends to go a little train-wreck-y during press conferences, which is always fun to watch, but this time…It was something a little more. I don’t know how to place it, because Donald Trump doesn’t have normal, human reactions to things. His temper was short, and the totality of his bluster was just lots of shouting about how things were basically totally fine. He really went to town on Jim Acosta, and then called a black, female, journalist from PBS, by the name of Yamiche Alcindor, a racist for asking about the empowering effect to White Supremacists of Trump referring to himself as a nationalist. He talked about war stances and threatened everyone under the sun who might possibly investigate him. He was pretty clearly having a moment of reflection at the worst possible time, and I think he came to some troubling realizations. Also, no one seems to have told Trump that the House basically has carte blanche to ask for any tax returns they want. So yeah. It’s been an interesting week.
A Case of the Mondays

I mean, Sam Nunberg, the ex-Trump aid we’re only just found out existed, went on a full scale media meltdown on Monday. The whole thing was bizarre and weird, and illuminating into the psyche of a guy who clearly deals with many of his problems by displaying overconfidence and bravado, and it had to come as a stark realization that in this one instance, it was clearly going to bite him in the ass. But I’m more curious how the White House staff deals with a day like Monday. Are they inoculated to that level of insanity by this point, or can days like Monday still surprise them?