This week’s report card finds President Trump in his usual spot of battling new legal challenges, the latest related by former lawyer Michael Cohen’s claims he was direct to make hush-payments by the boss, and a strong showing in the Oval Office against Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer.
What’s more, at the end of his week, he picked the obvious choice of budget chief Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, a job the former congressman sought. Insiders said that Mulvaney is a strong choice because he is very loyal to the president but doesn’t pull his punches. He and his aide, John Czwartacki, invented the phrase “MAGAnomics.” And he has good ties to Capitol Hill, which he’ll need to negotiate a new healthcare plan should the Supreme Court agree with a lower court ruling Friday that Obamacare is dead, and push through a new attorney general and interior secretary.
