You know, just minor issues. In a sign of just how little work has actually been done, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who previously said there would be a bill by August, admitted last Friday that it might not be 2018 until anything gets done. (As a reminder, in June the president invented a bill out of thin air and said that it was “moving along in Congress” and doing “very well.”) Now, probably due in part to a combination of a West Wing distracted by daily scandals like the president equating anti-Fascist protesters to neo-Nazis and Trump’s desire to pin a potential tax-reform failure on Republicans, the White House has said it will leave the details of the plan up to Congressional tax-writing committees, which, according to Bloomberg, could result in two plans emerging “with neither gaining the White House’s full support.”

“They’re nowhere. They’re just nowhere,” tax analyst Henrietta Treyz told reporter Sahil Kapur. “I just see pitfalls everywhere. Potholes and sinkholes.” Sound familiar? “There’s no indication that either the White House or congressional leaders learned anything from their repeal and replace debacle,” said former budget aide Stan Collender.

Oh, and there are two slightly more pressing matters that lawmakers must deal with when they return from recess next week: passing a spending bill to keep the government open and raising the debt ceiling to avoid a U.S. default. On both issues, Trump has suggested he won’t give an orange inch unless his border wall is funded.

Wall Street execs aren’t so sure about this Trump guy

Despite an initial excitement about having a “C.E.O. president” in the White House who would promote business-friendly policies and unleash growth the likes of which the world had never seen, Wall Street and business leaders have begun to get the sinking feeling that a six-time bankrupt real-estate developer might not turn out to be the savior they were promised. As Trump remains unable to focus for one freaking second in order to get his legislative agenda passed, insiders have been selling millions of their banks’ own shares, with sales by board members and executives outnumbering purchases by roughly 14 to one, according to the Financial Times. In total, top brass at the U.S.’s six biggest banks have dumped a net 9.32 million in shares since the beginning of the year. Since the election, UBS credit analyst Robert Smalley, bank stocks have become “a barometer” for “failure or success” of Trump’s policies. Given the lack of them, you can kind of see where Wall Street is coming from.

Rich Hamptonites sick of fellow Hamptonite’s horsesh*t (literally)

In trying times like these, when the bad news is unrelenting and updated every hour on the hour, it’s nice to know that we can rely on one constant, and take comfort in knowing it’ll never change: the seasonal ritual that is rich people ticking off equally rich people in the Hamptons. Today’s Northstar comes courtesy of Lisa Maria Falcone, wife of hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone, who is currently in the midst of a time-out from the securities industry. And as is Lisa’s wont, the story is where animals who live in nicer houses than most Americans, fabulous recreational activities, and a predilection for not taking guff from anybody converge. Per the Post: