First to Riyadh, then Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem, then Rome, then Brussels, then Taormina, Italy. First, he brokered a massive $100 billion-plus deal with Saudi Arabian leaders and delivered a powerful speech to 50 Arab leaders. Then he became the first to fly from the Arab nation directly to Israel, where he made history as the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall. He met Pope Francis. (Get it? He met Muslim leaders, Jewish leaders, Christian leaders, a brilliant stroke by the man the media says is over his head in the White House — and historic.)

In Brussels, he demanded European leaders pull their own weight (and pay their fair share) with NATO. In Taormina, where foreign leaders were gaga for a million-zillion dollar "global warming" pact, he made clear America will decide what's best for America.

In between all of that, he responded forcefully to the terror bombing in Manchester, England, when — appearing with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, a leader who clearly tolerates terrorism — Trump called Muslim bombers “losers".

But what did the media report amid all this historic news? The Melania "hand flick." The picture with "the orb." The "shove" at a photo op. The "dour Pope." The "angry handshake" with the French president. The "no headphones" photo. The "middle finger" flippage.

Another Washington Post anonymously sourced hit job dropped on the Trump White House — this one about Jared Kushner asking the Russian ambassador for a “secret channel.” It landed just in time to greet the president upon his return from his first international trip and shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to “put an end to” the rampant leaks coming from within the government. An administration plagued with leaks is now trying to determine whether recent damaging claims may have been fanned from within the West Wing.

Interestingly, The Washington Post apparently received its tip about this story through an anonymous letter it received in December — whose full contents the newspaper has not revealed. The letter stated, in part, that Kushner raised the issue with Kislyak about setting up the secure communications channel. It also discussed "arranging a meeting between a representative of Trump and a 'Russian contact' in a third country whose name was not identified," the newspaper reports.

nope.

Just a pussy. 😳

To be fair, I am many more things than that. I'm confident your adolescent brain can come up with some other labels. 😋

Regarding the estate tax, can't Trump just order the IRS to not enforce the law?  Like obama ordered ICE to not enforce immigration?  I'm not saying that this is the proper route to get around a bad law, but is it an option?

I agree with this for the most part. Many of these stories are coming from "un-named, anonymous" sources and some have been proven false shortly after their initial release. That being said, the allegations are troubling. Trying to setup a back channel isn't necessarily the problem, but of him trying to use Russian equipment at their embassy.

We'll have to wait and see if anything more comes of this.