The Owls' Nest

Click here for an article at reuters.com entitled "Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump," by James Oliphant.

One quote in particular stood out to me:

The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing historical trends that have seen the party in power lose seats in the second year of a presidency.

 

“It's some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”

Also:

Trump repeatedly dismissed concerns by the public, business leaders and even his fellow Republicans on issues ranging from the future of Greenland and the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, to the state of the economy. 

When told that a Reuters/Ipsos poll found tepid support among Americans for taking control of Greenland, Trump called the poll “fake.”

 

"I don't care," he responded when asked about the pushback by some Senate Republicans against the investigation into Powell. "I don't care," he said again, when reminded of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s concerns that White House interference in the Fed could harm the economy.

Problems with the economy? No, says Trump. The economy is the strongest in history, and Republicans just have to do a better job of bragging about their accomplishments.

He doesn't have a clue about what to do in Iran. In Gaza, he says “They were born with a gun in the hand,” so they won't accept his "peace proposal." He deplores the fact that in Minneapolis "There was very little respect shown to the police, in this case, the ICE officers."

It's going to be a long three years, folks.