President-elect Donald Trump greets patrons in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 13. This is a near-perfect situation for Donald Trump. During the campaign, Trump succeeded by giving the news media — and, by extension, voters — too many negative story lines to keep track of. But by trying to cover all the different negative story lines about Trump, the press created a muddle in which nothing in particular stood out. And you can bet that he will fill next week, inauguration week, with everything and nothing, all at the same time.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2017 16:05 UTC