Every critical thinker, when presented a news report about a Donald Trump scandal, should approach the report with two unvarying truths present in his mind: First, Donald Trump is completely unbound by ethics, prudence, or concern for others, and so he is capable of almost any perfidy.

President Joe Biden on Friday tapped John Podesta to oversee $370 billion in climate spending, a move that has China hawks on Capitol Hill concerned over Podesta's encouragement of Chinese investment in American infrastructure and praise for the top U.S. adversary on climate change.