Opinions P.M.: The people who are supposed to be constraining Trump clearly aren’t

Are we 'present at the destruction'?     The people who are supposed to be constraining Trump clearly aren't What good are they if he ignores them? By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more » Are we 'present at the destruction'? Trump is a bulldozer, but he's unintentionally reawakening the sense of interdependence that built the "liberal international order." By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   An Excerpt From My Definitely Not a Presidential Campaign Book Surmounting Insurmountable Difficulties, Together, With Ease By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   How far we've fallen from the Marshall Plan Trump's foreign policy is to seek not peace but advantage. By Danielle Allen  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump’s travel tweets do not hurt the legal case for his executive orders Nothing in the ill-tempered tweets reveals any hint of anti-Muslim bigotry, which is the essence of the case against his immigration policies. Indeed, by distancing him from the current executive order, he may actually help defend it in court. By Eugene Kontorovich  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Bill Maher discovers the wonders of apology A good way to stay in your job. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The high cost of the anti-trade wave Keeping protectionists from killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   The momentum for socialized medicine is growing. Where is the GOP’s strategy? The public senses confusion, and the Democrats sense an opportunity. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Trump will never get help from Democrats in passing his infrastructure plan. Here’s why. It would make taxpayers pay twice for a giveaway to private developers. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Donald Trump doesn’t have any regard for the political climate, either Just another atmosphere to foul. By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Trump is courting disaster by not fully staffing the government Too many posts have gone unfilled. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Whose case? Whose remedy? Thoughts on the travel ban injunctions. The government is challenging the national injunction affirmed by the Fourth Circuit — and national injunctions have a lot of problems. By Sam Bray  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Associated Press piece sounds like a Trump slam. It’s actually a clinical fact-check. When facts point in a single direction, that's not bias. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   A crime lab analyst killed himself after contamination wrongly made him a suspect in a 30-year-old murder Ten months after wrongful arrest, search and confiscation of his belongings, Kevin Brown hanged himself. By Radley Balko  •  The Watch  •  Read more » Mattis sticks to his guns Mattis knows there is strength in numbers. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Energy 202 Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. Sign Up »         Share Opinions P.M.:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Opinions. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071