David Taylor, Guardian US deputy news editor:
In one deft performance the top Democrat in the House owned the president, having faced down Republicans‘ scare tactics and attacks from her own side
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Pelosi walked out of the White House into brilliant sunshine in sunglasses and a fiery red coat looking triumphant and returned to Capitol Hill to make jokes about Trump’s manhood and utter the memorable description: “It goes to show you: you get into a tickle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you.”
The confrontation showed that Pelosi can outwit Trump.
Taylor’s piece seems to have been written without irony.
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I’m continuing to enjoy Wer wir sein könnten. This week Die Zeit has a piece on Habeck with the lead:
In diesem Jahr haben sich viele gefragt, was den Grünen Robert Habeck von anderen Politikern unterscheidet. Die Antwort könnte lauten: Er hat Literatur studiert.
I found this witty.
