A Chaotic Opening to What Could Be a Fateful Week

Dan Balz: “Turmoil has been the state of things from the day President Trump was sworn into office, but rarely has the chaos felt as acute as on the opening day of what could be a fateful week. A confluence of events has produced a moment of instability whose waves will affect the coming midterm elections and potentially the future of the Trump presidency.”

“All this comes as world leaders have gathered for their annual meeting at the United Nations, providing other government leaders a front-row seat to the political warfare that has only intensified since the 2016 election. If the United States once was seen as the world’s most effective and enduring democracy, the latest events tell a far different story, that of a country at war internally and with its institutions under assault.”

“All branches of government are caught up in the controversies of the moment.”