As the new year heads into its third week, President Trump remains on a personal political losing streak. None of his opponents — not the Democrats, not the Never Trumpers, not any of the others — can damage him as badly as he hurts himself. He attacked a federal judge born in the United States of Mexican heritage, a judge who happened to be overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University. President Trump is under fire for referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “shithole countries.” But the U.S.’s influence on Haiti’s affairs span hundreds of years. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)[Republicans scramble to head off damage from Trump comment]Now he has used a horrible vulgarity to denigrate nations whose immigrants to the United States have made valuable contributions to the country.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 17:04 UTC