Weekend Wild Card — 2.18-19.17
I was going to watch the final 30 minutes of that hour and 16 minute press conference held by President Donald Trump Thursday. But his tweet today that the press is the "enemy of the American people" side-tracked me. That is simply crazy talk. It's already hard enough to get the news for a skeptical public that pay more attention to social media, fake news and video games without the president attacking the First Amendment. In my 67 years on Planet Earth, I've heard of a president making a comment, or tweet, anywhere close to Trump's. I don't know what his game is. But America had better hope and pray that the press stays engaged to hold Trump's feet to the fire as he lurches first in one direction and then in another, making it up as he goes along. Here's your Weekend Wild Card ...