in its fifth day. there is no border wall. mexico won't be paying for it. his secretary of defense jim mattis resigned with a letter that politely torched the president's world view. special envoy brett mcgurk, a top diplomat in that fight against isis, quit after the president as bankrupt decision to pull out of syria. stock markets have whipsawed back and forth as investors trying try to figure out what's going on p. the president insulting the head of the federal reserve and treasury secretary steve mnuchin calling banks to reassure everyone that everything's fine, no problems, which instead spooked investors wondering what prompted such an extreme measure from mnuchin. of course there's the ongoing mueller investigation with its growing list of indictments and flipped trump cronies. the president is a little, well, cranky. and it's unlikely to get better for him in the new year. democrats take power in the house of representatives in just eight days, and nancy pelosi, the almost certain next speaker of the house, is making it pretty clear she's not going to gift president his wall, telling "usa today," "first of all, the fact he says we're going to build a wall with cement and mexico's going to pay for, it well, he's already backed off