It only took Donald Trump about 36 hours to make us nostalgic for 2017. The president rang in the new year with what The Atlantic justifiably called the most irresponsible tweet in history (and that’s a hell of a high bar): “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” Once you’ve secured yourself in an underground bunker, it’s worth considering that this nuclear threat isn’t the the top story of the day (it’s not even the top Trump story of the day). And therein lies the true meaning of this online balderdash. Even when it comes to what should be the most serious matters, the president’s words are no longer taken seriously around the world.

+ I too have a button on my desk, but mine only publishes NextDraft. It turns out a button isn’t actually what presidents use to order nuclear strikes. This is what it actually takes.

+ The biggest Trump story of the day is Steve Bannon’s quote in the upcoming Michael Wolff book on the White House in which he rips the Trump Tower meeting with the Russians. “Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s–t, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” Here are some other notable excerpts. And a longer, adapted piece in NY Mag that proves we can still be stunned by parts of this story: Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President. (I knew we’d find common ground sooner or later.) Meanwhile, Trump has lashed out at Bannon: “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” (The administration is clearly missing the steadying presence of Omarosa.)