http://bit.ly/2AbEv8g Reliable Allies Refuse to Defend a President Content With Chaos United States Politics and Government, Shutdowns (Institutional) Buffeted by a drop in the markets, fallout over his troop pullout and a looming shutdown, the president is forced to test the idea that he is his own best spokesman. KATIE ROGERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN http://bit.ly/2EH714Z December 21, 2018 at 05:30AM

By KATIE ROGERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2EFr18E