What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting?

New York Times: “There in the Cabinet Room — which is starting to take on the gilded-cage look of Mr. Trump’s Oval Office — all of the president’s men and women took their turns, each working a little bit harder than the last to offer Mr. Trump praise and to assure him that they were working to tackle his long list of grievances.”

“That list is as ever-growing as it is specific to Mr. Trump’s pet peeves and political ambitions. It includes preventing ‘transgender for everybody’ in American sports; using a heavy hand — perhaps the death penalty, the president said — to crack down on violent crime; the ongoing threat of windmills; the foul state of traffic medians; the speed with which water flows; and the attempts at securing peace deals for as many as seven international wars, a number that seems to grow by the day.”

Washington Post: In marathon meeting, Trump enjoys a playbook more familiar abroad.