Today in the New York Times our own Matt Labash joins Gail Collins in a chat about presidential pets, government shutdowns, and fake news.
Here’s an excerpt:
Gail: As far as I can tell, Trump’s never had a pet in his life. Matt: Not true! He had Chris Christie. Gail: Good point. Also, he did have a racehorse he managed to cripple for life. I’d like to talk about presidential pets all day—looking up John Quincy Adams I noted that his pets were an alligator and silkworms. Which tells you a lot. But we should get down to business. Congress is back! And facing a government showdown. Any predictions? Matt: The only prediction I’ve made for 2017 is that I will stay out of the predictions business. Since the only prediction that seemed to come true with any regularity in 2016 was that everybody would be wrong about everything.
