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    The American Obsession With Donald Trump’s Mood

    As the president endures a brutal news cycle, gauging his state of mind has become a fixation of Washington.
    by McKay Coppins Aug 23, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

    President Donald Trump isn’t mad—in fact, he’s having the time of his life.

    That was more or less the spin coming out of the White House on Wednesday evening when I spoke to a senior Trump aide about the ruinous news cycle it was in the midst of enduring. Over the past 36 hours,Trump’s former campaign chairman had been convicted of financial crimes while his ex-lawyer had turned in a guilty plea that implicated the president in The dueling courtroom dramas had rocked Washington, unleashed an onslaught of “breaking news” alerts, and prompted widespread speculation about the peril now facing the Trump presidency.

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