Donald Trump’s unique presidency has entered a strange period, a kind of Trumpian Twilight Zone. Mitt Romney’s opportunistic, up-yours op-ed for the Washington Post got one thing right: The odd mood around the Trump presidency has a lot to do with what happened in December. Politics this Christmas season felt like Jimmy Stewart stumbling through the nightmares of “It’s a Wonderful Life”—but without the happy ending. Inside a week, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, the stock market plunged, President Trump proclaimed...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 02, 2019 23:48 UTC