Trump harmed the public by canceling Pelosi’s trip

Although both sides in the latest Trump-Pelosi kerfuffle are acting like juveniles, the president’s action in canceling the speaker’s trip to Afghanistan is a worse offense. It actually does interfere with significant government business.

Yes, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., began this latest spectacle by saying she might (hypothetically) rescind President Trump’s invitation to appear before Congress for a State of the Union address. Her reasoning was specious and petty. But as my colleague Philip Klein quite ably argued, it would be a blessed relief to end the “meaningless political spectacle” of the SOTU and instead have the president deliver his report in writing — or, if he wants to speak, to do so from the Oval Office.