PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS – AT 11:56 A.M. ET:  It doesn't appear that the president will do much resting in the weeks ahead.   There are big plans at the White House.  From the Washington Examiner: 

The Trump administration is expected to unveil an infrastructure package in the new year, after putting the issue on the sidelines amid other GOP priorities in 2017.

The White House is working to release a roughly 70-page infrastructure proposal sometime in January for members of Congress to use as a cornerstone for drafting the legislation in 2018.

In December, President Trump met with senior administration officials and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., to discuss the proposal.

“The meeting with the president was encouraging and very productive,” Shuster said in a statement.

“He’s a builder — he gets the importance of infrastructure and why it matters for jobs and the economy. Addressing our nation’s infrastructure in a bipartisan manner is going to take strong presidential leadership, and I believe we have a president who can provide the necessary leadership and who wants to rebuild our infrastructure to strengthen our economy.”

During the 2016 campaign, Trump first promised to deliver a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to improve the condition of U.S. roads, bridges, airports, and other public works.

Although the administration is working to address the nation’s infrastructure, several major question marks hang over the plan, such as funding.

“The cost is going to be an issue, that’s going to be a large topic of debate,” a senior committee aide told the Washington Examiner.

This spring, the administration called for using $200 billion in direct federal spending over the next 10 years. This was intended to spur $800 billion in spending by states, localities and private investors.

COMMENT:  Great idea.  The nation's infrastructure is in poor shape.  Rebuilding, while initially expensive, will provide thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of jobs.   One of Eisenhower's greatest accomplishments was the national highway system, designed in the 1950s.  A renewed infrastructure, unless obstructed by the Democrats, will be one of the great contributions of President Trump.

December 26, 2017