"This is going to be an unconventional presidency,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), right, said about President Trump. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)There are several ways to understand the political cacophony emanating from Washington over this frenetic past week. From the beginning, his campaign and his political persona have been about one thing — exposing and defeating Washington’s meritocratic elite. It is true that only about one- third of the country approves of Trump and his antics and share his anti-establishment fervor. It was the voters, not the political or media establishments, who handed Trump the keys to kingdom, and it may require the voters to take them away.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 17:10 UTC