Another mad day in Trumpland

Yesterday was another mad day in Trumpland — or America, as it used to be called. The president-elect started the morning off by promising, somewhat mystically on Twitter, that ‘Great meetings will take place today at Trump Tower concerning the formation of the people who will run our government for the next 8 years’. But the most fascinating event of his day —for us saps in the self-immolating media, at any rate —was his showdown conference with the New York Times. The meeting was nearly cancelled in the morning, after both parties failed to agree on its terms and conditions, and then put on again after a bit of confusing back and forth between the Trump team, NYT, and the Donald’s multi-personality Twitter account.

My favourite pet theory is that Trump is secretly and perversely determined to save the New York Times — the ‘failing New York Times’ as he always calls it — by giving it as much attention and controversy as any publication could wish for.