President Trump’s Nightmare Before Christmas
His chief of staff insists that the recent tumult in Washington—a government shutdown, troop withdrawals—is all going according to plan. But Trump lacks many more high-profile defenders.
On his second Christmas Eve in office, the president of the United States stands virtually alone in Washington, D.C.
Nine federal departments are , with no resolution in sight. Democrats are furious at President Donald Trump’s attempt to hold the government hostage until he gets funding for a border wall. Many Republicans are livid about his sudden decision to pull military forces from Syria and Afghanistan—a move that’s already resulted in protest resignations from and a top diplomat leading the global anti- coalition. The stock market is over shutdown worries, and Trump has about firing the Federal
