The president could have used a question about plastic waste to inflame the culture wars – but his answer wasn’t far off the mark There was no shortage of pressing issues for Donald Trump to address on Friday afternoon when he spoke briefly to the press as he made his way to board a helicopter that would carry him to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Reporters posed questions about: Iran’s seizure of British oil tankers Trump’s racist and xenophobic smears of representative Ilhan Omar and three other Democratic congresswomen the first amendment American exceptionalism Jeffrey Epstein allegations that Trump was involved in directing his personal attorney Michael Cohen to make illegal hush payments to Stormy Daniels trade talks with China the potential involvement of Senator Rand Paul in talks with Iran the definition of racism Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony to Congress sanctions against Zimbabwe Continue reading...