White House officials flashed a pivot toward domestic issues on the minds of many voters before the holidays, but President Donald Trump had other plans, returning from South Florida once again fully immersed in global affairs.
Trump did urge House Republicans at a policy retreat on Tuesday to focus on health care and energy prices ahead of November’s midterm elections. But the majority of his first week of the new year back in Washington was focused on decapitating Venezuela’s government — and threatening others across the Western Hemisphere.
One close Senate ally, South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, defended the president Thursday, describing him as a master multitasker.
