Michael R. Bloomberg

Trump Rings in the New Year in the Worst Possible Way

One week sums up a failing presidency.

Exit from turmoil.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

There are many reasons to be optimistic about 2019. The increasingly isolated man in the Oval Office is not one of them.

With the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency drawing to a close, the past week all too perfectly exemplified its destructive effect on competent government in Washington — and it should give all Americans, in all parties, cause for concern.