"There in the Cabinet Roomwhich is starting to take on the gilded-cage look of Mr. Trump's Oval Officeall of the president's men and women took their turns, each working a little bit harder than the last to offer Mr. Trump praise and to assure him that they were working to tackle his long list of grievances. That list is as ever-growing as it is specific to Mr. Trump's pet peeves and political ambitions."
"It includes preventing transgender for everybody in American sports; using a heavy handperhaps the death penalty, the president said to crack down on violent crime; the ongoing threat of windmills; the foul state of traffic medians; the speed with which water flows; and the attempts at securing peace deals for as many as seven international wars, a number that seems to grow by the day."
A three-hour-plus Cabinet meeting featured each member offering praise and assurances that they were addressing the president's expanding list of grievances. The grievances ranged from banning transgender participation in American sports and advocating harsher penalties — including the death penalty — for violent crime, to criticizing windmills, traffic medians, and the speed of water flow. Attendees also touted progress on brokering peace deals across as many as seven international conflicts. The event was billed as a Labor Day celebration of American workers but ran three hours and 15 minutes, exposing a focus on red-meat politics over substantive policymaking.
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