“I didn’t say what that congresswoman said; didn’t say it all. She knows it. I had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who was — sounded like a lovely woman.” The woman/wife Cowanda Jones-Johnson has a different view of the conversation she had with the president who called to offer condolences about her son, a soldier killed in Niger. “President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband.” (Come on, Trump would never disrespect a gold star family…)The whole story has been sick from the start. Here’s a quick review.

+ Why does Trump repeatedly argue that the media is making up stories about him, without ever offering any proof? Because it works. 46% of Americans believe major news outlets make up stories about Trump.

+ The bipartisan health care bill being touted just yesterday appears to be all but doomed today.

+ “The United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars developing, testing, and fielding ballistic-missile-defense systems over the past few decades. But in tests, these systems hit their target only about 50 to 60 percent of the time.” Trump said it was more like 97% of the time. What if he really believes that?