solid as it was last fall, when “Make America great again” signs across rural America were manifestations of how a New York billionaire spoke to the hopes and dreams of those who felt forgotten and left behind.

There will be no forgetting this period. The fever that produced the wild 2016 campaign has most definitely not broken.

As for the president, for all the reasons for discomfort, he is in many ways where he is most comfortable operating.

Trump has set a tone and a pace for America that tests the nation’s institutions in fundamental ways.

But he remains at the center of all the wild action — right where he wants to be.a campaign rally in Michigan he would “close the damn border” if Mexico did not stop migrant caravans trying to cross the U.S. border.

Trump declared a national emergency at the border in February after Congress refused to grant him his requested funding for a border wall. The declaration allowed Trump to bypass Congress and redirect federal dollars for the wall.