Opinion: Trump’s bad week
President Trump speaks at the White House on Feb. 25 in Washington. By Ed Rogers Ed Rogers Opinion writer focusing on politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer February 28 at 1:39 PM Peace, prosperity and character are usually the main ingredients that affect whether a U.S. president will be reelected. So far, prosperity has proceeded nicely for President Trump. That said, GDP growth falling to 2.
Perhaps the most surreal moment of the day was when Rep. Mark Meadows invited an obscure African American Trump political appointee from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to appear at the hearing and stand on the dais as proof that Trump was not racist. I would have loved to have been in the GOP planning session and heard arguments as to why that would be an appropriate and convincing display to refute the charge that Trump is racist.
To be sure, there is no shortage of nefarious activity surrounding Trump. Democrats and their allies in the media have grasped the idea that crimes were committed without offering any definitive specifics. On Thursday, The Post quoted a professor of criminal law who said: “No single thing Cohen said about Trump related to Russia is a smoking gun. But, pulled together, they could become a thread used to charge someone with being a co-conspirator.
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