OBAMACARE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s week started Sunday [3-24-19] afternoon with one of the biggest personal victories of his presidency. His attorney general’s four-page synopsis of the special counsel’s completed report said the intensive investigation ‘did not establish’ that the Trump campaign ‘conspired or coordinated with the Russian government,’ granting actual credence to what long had been a White House battle chant: ‘No collusion!’ The good news continued with the sensational arrest of nemesis Michael Avenatti and a court case win concerning tariffs. Understandably, it was cause for a victory lap—giddy and combative proclamations on Twitter, a celebratory burst of White House hosting, a jaunty, chest-out trip over to Capitol Hill. Then … he careened off track. Barely more than a day after triumphantly (and incorrectly) blazoning his ‘Total EXONERATION,’ Trump abruptly seized upon a Justice Department filing to pledge his intention to obliterate Obamacare. Bent on delivering on a campaign promise, Trump couldn’t resist the urge to try to parlay one win into an even larger one, no matter how improbable the odds. He ignored the advice of top staff and important allies, who pointed out that neither he nor his party had anything to offer as a replacement and that this almost certainly would work to the advantage of Democrats.”
–Michael Krusw, “Donald Trump’s Talent for Turning Wins into Losses,” Politico, March 29, 2019