I know this is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things, but the idea that Donald Trump doesn't want to live in the White House full time feels like such an insult to the office of the Presidency that I literally can't wrap my mind around it. Also, my favorite line from this NYT article: "Mr. Trump’s advisers hold out the possibility that the president-elect may spend more time in the White House as he grows less overwhelmed and more comfortable in the job." No further comment necessary. Feel like we're entering the black comedy phase of this thing, which I'm sure will be succeeded by unfunny clusterfuck sooner or later, but to be honest it feels good to be laughing again.

The article includes a few charitable comments, such as "Hanging on to the familiar for presidents-elect and their families is not unusual," and going on to cite the Obamas' having to decide whether to move their children mid-school year. It also notes that many Congressmen return home during the week. But there's no example here of a previous president not wanting to live in the White House, and as for the Congressmen, well, give me a break. Congressmen represent their districts, and of course need to return home. The president is the president of the whole United States.

I am also seeing stories about how totally shocked Trump was at his own election. Welcome to the club, m-er f-er! Could it actually be that Trump was experiencing the same vertiginous horror that the rest of us were that dark Tuesday eve, for parallel but obviously very different reasons? Good god. Will the strangeness of this election ever stop?