White House staggers after tumultuous 48 hours

The Hill logoThe White House is slumping into the weekend after one of the most difficult 48-hour periods in President Trump’s tumultuous term of office.

Wednesday and Thursday produced a slew of damaging headlines for an administration battling an impeachment push by Democrats and a revolt by Republicans over the president’s handling of foreign affairs.

If all that wasn’t enough, the White House also announced long-anticipated plans to hold the next Group of Seven (G-7) summit at a Trump-branded property in Miami, dismissing criticism that doing so would raise emoluments issues.

View the complete October 19 article by Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels in The Hill website here.