I have to laugh, though I feel like screaming. Let's compare this to the nonstop criticism of Hillary Clinton, who won a firestorm of ridicule for saying at an airstrip in the Balkans that she was exposed to sniper fire. We still hear that ridicule. Not exactly comparable I'd agree, but the lesson is that if a powerful person makes a gaffe, that overwhelms everything else in the same context. Trump should have resisted his constant impulse to whine, to make everything about himself. So I have zero pity for Trump, who has made a complete mess of governance in about 100 days, all the while thinking everything is about himself.

It's good that the US is FINALLY looking at projecting power into the Arctic, after decades of watching the Russians do it. I recall Trump wanted to eliminate or at least defund the Coast Guard. He changes his mind often, sometimes twice in an afternoon. The messy bedroom of his mind has spilled out over the whole administration. This is a dangerous situation.