WEEK 098 / 100 — Day One Hundred
APRIL 26. FOR THE THIRD TIME, THE COURTS OF THE WESTERN CIRCUIT BAR THE KING'S DECREES.
“First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. See you in the Supreme Court!”
I received calls from the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate. I agreed..
“The Democrats want to shut government if we don't bail out Puerto Rico and give billions to their insurance companies for OCare failure. NO!”
DAY ONE HUNDRED. THE COURTS BLOCK HIM, THE CONGRESS STALLS, THE PRESS KEEPS SCORE — SO HE RETURNS TO THE ONE PLACE THAT NEVER DOUBTS.
“Big excitement last night in the Great State of Pennsylvania! Fantastic crowd and people. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
TO BE CONTINUED →
This week in the saga
The hundredth day arrives with the scoreboard he disowned: decrees barred by the western courts, the great trade pact spared by two phone calls at the eleventh hour, a shutdown threatened and blamed in the same breath. His answer is the oldest move in his book — on the night the capital's press gathers in black tie, he stands in a roaring Pennsylvania arena, back among the sea of caps, where the first hundred days are counted only in cheers.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 098. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…