Trump reportedly impressed lawmakers by taking notes in a meeting. He was actually drafting 'Sloppy Steve' Bannon insults.
No one is enthralled by infrastructure, least of all President Trump.
Last year, Trump and GOP lawmakers headed to Camp David for a so-called retreat full of policy presentations. Given Trump's typical attention span during meetings, the Republicans were "impressed" to see he was "scribbling furious notes" during an infrastructure briefing by then-economic adviser Gary Cohn, Politico writers Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman report in their new book The Hill to Die On. That is, until they saw what he was drafting.
Trump's "Sloppy Steve" iteration is among the most accurate of Trump's neverending insults, which were presumably also scratched on index cards now stashed in a Resolute desk drawer. The Washington Post obtained an early copy of The Hill to Die On, which goes on sale Tuesday. Read more of it here.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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