Opinion: Trump is a knight errant just looking for his windmill
By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist April 5 at 5:10 PM President Trump really puts the “err” in knight errant.
One moment, he informs us there is a “very good likelihood” he will close the border with Mexico within days. The next, he says he’s delaying that a year and might first “tariff their cars” — upending the trade deal he just negotiated. One moment, he wants to cut off funding for the Special Olympics. The next, he’s blaming staff for a dumb idea.Trump, complaining about hurricane aid to Puerto Rico, overstates the amount of aid sent by more than 700 percent, while his spokesman refers to the U.S. territory as “that country.”
Meeting with the NATO secretary general, Trump declares that his father was “born in a very wonderful place in Germany.” That’s true only if you consider the Bronx part of Germany. After the Mueller inquiry ended, Trump had a chance for a fresh start. Instead, he reached for a new foil. He attacked pencil-neck shifty Rep. Adam B. Schiff , but nobody much cared. He attacked Obamacare, but Republicans blanched. He attacked Mexico, but his aides balked. He lamented Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s fading worth as an opponent: “I hit her too hard, too early, and now it looks like she’s finished.
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