On the best and the worst moments – NYT:

‘Ben Rhodes Trump was unusually specific about what he intends to do: from remaking the government in his image, to immediate actions on the border, oil and gas, and trade. Whatever you think of the agenda, we have a clear sense of what’s coming.’

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‘Douthat This was subdued, teleprompter Trump, running through a fairly predictable list of executive-order agenda items, avoiding the most polarizing of his potential executive actions, staying mostly on script, not telling us that much about what the biggest flashpoints of his first 100 days will be. Notably, he got the real Trump-y gleam in his eye only when he started talking about … the Panama Canal.’

Read the article here.

A clear sense of what’s coming: it’s the Panama Canal once again.

Very good Douthat-moment, the Trump-y gleam in his eye.

We might know what is coming, indeed.