(CNN) For a presidency pegged on unpredictability, there's been one constant for Donald Trump these last two weeks: A series of absolutely horrible, largely self-inflicted political wounds. While the White House pushed back on the disclosures as "wholly appropriate" -- in national security adviser H.R. McMaster's words -- they urged news organizations not to report on the actual information Trump told the Russians because it was so sensitive. The initial reaction out of White House was decidedly muted. Donald Trump, for stuffing seven years' worth of bad news into seven days, you had the worst week in Washington.

Source: CNN May 21, 2017 15:56 UTC