Trump Watch 20180724

Today's Episode:  A big Win for Trump, or at least it's a little win.

I don't know how sympathetic to Trump Business Insider is, but an article by Alex Lockie was titled "North Korea is dismantling a key missile testing site - and it's a big win for Trump."
The meat of the article came down to evidence that a missile launching facility looks like it is being dismantled by North Korea.  While the work is just starting, the fact that it has begun at all is a sign of progress.  I'm not sure that it is a "Big Win for Trump" though.  The expectations and process remain unclear and at the very least not public knowledge.  The only publicly declared step remains
unfulfilled (the return of human remains of U.S. soldiers), but the dismantling of this particularly facility is a positive development.  It's also interesting to note that Trump himself isn't talking about it, while he had no compunction about declaring the return of American Soldier's remains.  Trump is talking about how Russia will influence the elections in the mid terms and support Democrats, and talking about setting up a farm aid program to offset some of the effects on farmers of his trade policy choices and repercussions.

I would say that this development in North Korea is a small win, and could lead to a real win for Trump, but it may not be high profile enough for Trump to try and promote.  We'll see how it plays out.

• Trump Charity lawsuit by New York Attorney General
• FBI investigation (it keeps being called a Russian Collusion investigation, but I'm pretty sure more to it than that at this point)
• North Korea
• The Space Force
• The Border Wall
• Alien Children Detention/family separation
• Presidential Pardons
• Civil War Monuments
• Muslim Travel Ban
• China Tariffs/Trade
• Canada-G7 Tariffs/Trade
• NAFTA
• Puerto Rico response
• Military Parade in Washington
• World Trade Organization
• Covfefe Syndrome
• NATO
• Russia/Putin relationship

Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff - 6-29-2018  Trump says "Things Happen."
Jeff Sessions still there as Attorney General
Sarah Huckabee Sanders still there as Press Secretary, rumors continue to be denied.
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State

John Bolton - National Security Advisor

Marc Short - White House Legislative Affairs Director - no denial of plans regarding his departure prior to the 2018 midterms.

Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary

Joe Hagin - White House deputy Chief of Staff is resigning.- reported June 19th

Scott Pruitt - EPA Director - Resigned 7-5-2018