Trump Watch 20180727

Today's Episode:  The return of remains.

So much going on in Trumpland, it's always hard to pick just one thing.  But the story of the human remains being returned by North Korea was a rare bit of positive news regarding Trump and his policies that I felt it bore mention, since I am generally pointing out purely negative stories about Trump and his policies.

So, while final identification needs to be done with regards to the remains that were received, and there is a remote chance that they aren't completely what they have been represented as being (which is why the U.S. does further analysis), this is a positive development in the North Korea Saga.  The road map remains murky, but the return of the remains of Soldier's lost in North Korea was a clear and specific step that came out of the summit.  Of course, it' pretty short of the 200 sets of remains that Trump said had already been returned (this batch consists of 55 sets of remains).

Trump's bombast, and overselling is a problem for people that are skeptical (or actively hostile) of his successes.  Over promising can sound good I guess, but your call if you think that it   I have noted that it is a common technique for salesmen.  If he had set more realistic expectations of his North Korea summit, this could have been a bigger victory for his policy in my eyes, but, getting this much is a good thing.  We'll see how it goes from here, but Trump's impatience may undo progress.  Or he may manage to get more progress over time.  We'll see.

• 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