Week of chaos

By Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst
Updated 9:07 AM ET, Fri April 5, 2019

... The President announced that he would support new health care legislation to replace Obamacare, but then backed away when congressional Republicans said no.

Although Trump initially supported the full release of the Mueller report, the President shifted gears, suggesting he would be open to its remaining private ...

He told the NATO secretary general that his father was born in Germany, which he was not. After threatening to close the southern border, which would cause economic havoc, he said he will instead hold off for a year ...

Then there was the speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee, when President Trump baselessly suggested that noise from wind turbines causes cancer and went on to predict that his remarks -- which were being broadcast on C-SPAN -- would be leaked ...

... He is willing to say almost anything -- true, twisted or totally false -- to gain attention ...

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