* Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that he would be willing to provide the U.S. Congress with a record of Donald Trump’s recent meeting with his envoys. But only if the transcript request came from the Trump Administration.
In other words, it won’t happen, but it did provide the Kremlin with an opportunity to sow some more Washington chaos and mock the sideshow masquerading as American governance these days.
* The convoluted and tragic mess that is Syria still looks unsolvable. One word: Kurdistan. At some point, it will happen–regardless of what contemporary Syria, Iraq and Turkey think.
*”Maggie May.” It’s no longer just a Rod Stewart classic. These days it’s also a British-press nickname for Prime Minister Theresa May. It’s a riff on her popularity–seen by some as comparable to that of former PM Margaret Thatcher in her heyday.