There were a number of odd things about the day that Trump signed the spending deal that gave Democrats most of what they wanted and Trump relatively little.  The oddest was Trump's threat to veto the legislation in the morning, only to sign it in the afternoon. Something else also caught my attention: "Nobody read it," Mr. Trump said of the gargantuan funding measure drawn up by Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate.  Echoing criticism from those who voted against it, Mr. Trump added, "It's only hours old." So Trump not only signed a terrible spending bill, but signed one full of details he had no idea of the contents of. This has come back to bite Trump in a number of ways, most notably in a provision that prevents Trump from building a border fence in an approximately five-mile stretch of the border in Texas because it might upset the birds.  Seriously. In an unusual concession to...(Read Full Post)