Donald Trump will feel right at home in Davos

After a prolonged dry spell, the Donald, to borrow from Billy Bush’s memorable taped remark, has finally scored again. For the past week, Trump has been buffeted by revelations in the appropriately named In Touch magazine about his alleged dalliance with the porn star Stormy Daniels. Melania is reportedly so incensed that she will no longer join Trump on his trip to Davos. At the same time, Trump’s own staff immured him in the White House over the past few days so that he couldn’t disrupt Senate negotiations over ending a government shutdown.

Now, however, Trump has something to crow about: the capitulation of the Democrats. Trump’s elation over the Republican slam-dunk against the Democrats, who caved in yesterday by assenting to a temporary spending bill that lasts a mere three weeks, is palpable. It even extends to his perennial nemesis, CNN. Today, he tweeted in a mood of unwonted magnanimity: