A demonstrator holds a placard during a rally before the visit of the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in New York City on May 9, 2017.(Reuters / Shannon Stapleton)
They needed a triumph the White House could share, No matter how many it left without care. They managed to clear a congressional clot, But “First, do no harm” was what they forgot.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”