Obsessions Over News Today

Potentially removes the incentive to make a deal because washington doesnt seem to work very well unless there is a deadline. >> and the other thing that seems to complicate this is the presidents incapacity to keep his eye on the ball. hes now on day four, day five of a fight over whether he said [ bleep ], you know, what word he used to describe people from african nations and whether or not he did. so, just speak to the dysfunction and what it sort of suggests about the year ahead. >> i wrote...

To immigrants, the bizarre language about the size of his nuclear button. so, i mean, its one of the paradoxes -- maybe its not a paradox, but one of the realities of the trump era is that his personal neuroses, his bigotry, his obsessions have become the foreground. by the way, were about to have a government shutdown. by the way, 800,000 people might be expelled from the country. by the wait, we cant get a thing done because the president is always getting in the way of the nations business. a...