NBC News (December 11)
“First, President Donald Trump failed in his pledge to ‘hire the best people’ in the White House; now, he’s having trouble hiring any people. These phenomena are not unrelated.” Trump’s first pick for Chief of Staff turned him down. This should be no surprise as it’s an unenviable job: “Trump has the impulse control of a hungry, intoxicated bear and bridles at attempts to keep him disciplined or to bring order to his administration.”
Tags: Administration, Bridles, Chief of Staff, Discipline, Failed, Hiring, Hungry, Impulse control, Intoxicated, Trump
The Times (December 9)
“This week, parliament’s Brexit drama reaches its climax, resulting perhaps in a nation set on a course that no one seems to think is in the national interest, or the collapse of a government, or the fall of a prime minister. Barring a last-minute miracle, Theresa May has lost her final battle. Her big push has failed.”
Tags: Brexit, Climax, Collapse, Failed, Government, May, National interest, Parliament, Prime minister
New York Times (May 30)
Though European leaders are congratulating themselves for the latest debt agreement for Greece, “there is little to celebrate. Greece is bankrupt in all but name…. The reality is that Greece can’t be squeezed any harder.” The latest agreement is more of the same. “This crisis will never end if European leaders keep pushing policies that have repeatedly failed.”
