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# A Look at Trump’s ‘A-plus’ Weekend: Finnish Leaf-Raking, ‘Pleasure,’ Calif., and Adam ‘Schitt’
November 19 2018
Written by Antonia Noori Farzan.
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INTEL REPORT--Asked how he would grade his presidency during a Sunday morning interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News, President Trump offered only the smallest amount of hesitation before giving himself top marks.
“Look, I hate to do it, but I will do it, I would give myself an A-plus,” he [answered](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417308-trump-gives-himself-an-a-plus-on-presidency-can-i-go-higher-than-that). “Is that enough? Can I go higher than that?”
Others might disagree with his self-assessment. This weekend, Trump managed to insult a venerated military veteran, mangled the name of a wildfire-scarred town that he had just left, confused the president of Finland by making strange comments about leaf raking and, like a grade-schooler, attempted to taunt a critic in Congress with a naughty play on his name. All in just 48 hours. *([Read the rest.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/19/look-trumps-a-plus-weekend-finnish-leaf-raking-pleasure-calif-adam-schitt/?utm_term=.4c8d66f05448&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1))*
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