The good news is that President Trump on Saturday escaped the trillion-dollar terms of surrender demanded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The bad news is that he followed the Barack Obama method with executive orders, one of which stretches the law in a way that a future progressive President will surely cite as a precedent. Mr. Trump took his actions after talks with Mrs. Pelosi and her wing man, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, broke down on Friday. The President was right to walk away rather than succumb to their...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 09, 2020 21:56 UTC