THE CURRENT → YEAR IN REVIEW Issue 779 · September 25, 2019

Washington Wrap

The US president wakes up to the fact that Bibi’s no longer a winner — and Trump doesn’t like losers

Washington Wrap
A Year of Vicissitudes

 

It’s never boring in Washington, and this year was no exception.

Donald Trump has spent the past year trying to solve a few of the world’s most inexorable problems: fair trade with China, North Korea’s nuclear program, bringing stability to Afghanistan, and containing Iran.

The Israeli-Palestinian issue was ever present, but rarely pressing. The world is still waiting for the presentation of the White House’s peace plan, but Jason Greenblatt’s departure may indicate that the administration’s interest in the matter is waning.

For Trump, it was a year of vicissitudes. It began with a resounding Republican loss in the midterm congressional elections, followed by a surprising win after Robert Muller released his report clearing the president of collusion.

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