One thing I don't understand....

OK, Michael Wolff's book claims Trump didn't really want to be president, was just using the campaign to make himself a bigger star. Promised Melania she wouldn't have to be First Lady. Then he won, and he came out ashen-faced to make his acceptance speech.

But how does this square with Trump colluding with the Russians to rig the election in his favor? Maybe he just wanted to make it close; he didn't expect to win?

I do think the vote tallies in certain states were probably tampered with. But maybe Trump wasn't in the loop on that aspect?

"Sloppy Steve"

Is Trump's new nickname going to wear well on Bannon? Doubtful. Nothing turns someone into an enemy like public and repeated mockery.

On the other hand, "Liddle Bob" Corker did Trump the obsequious courtesy of phoning him to inform Donnie he was a "yes" vote on the tax bill. So you never know. But I don't think Bannon has the stomach for that kind of subservience.

Did Fox mention the Bannon brouhaha last night?

I turned over briefly (all I could stand) when both MSNBC and CNN were on station breaks, and the few times Fox was not also on a station break, Hannity and Ingraham were pounding the DACA story as if their lives depended on it. I didn't see the top of the hour, but I'm curious if the Bannon split ever came up at all.

Also, I did observe a discrepancy: in the banter between Rachel and Lawrence before the handoff, they seemed to confirm that in his meeting with Ryan, Rosenstein had NOT agreed to turn over documents from the investigation. However, a Hannity guest said that he HAD turned them over, or had agreed to do so by midnight. Anyone know which is right?

Trump's "...and my Button works!" tweet gets highest "heart" count ever--393,000 likes.

That's unofficial, but I've never seen a higher
"like" count for one of Trump's tweets. Just tells you how truly deranged his followers are.

Old but interesting article in Scientific American on the psychology of Trumpoids