Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 187
Bad Instincts
“President Donald Trump devoted more of his public remarks this year to his construction projects than virtually any other major issue facing his administration — except the Iran war, according to a new analysis,” Mediaite reports.
“PolitiFact examined Trump’s recorded public remarks from January through July after its reporters noticed the president repeatedly returning to projects, including the White House ballroom and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.