C. Can we just talk about the part where they were having a debate and Trump followed her around the stage breathing down her neck?

O.K., back to the Trump deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Besides the hurricanes, the government also needed to do something quickly about extending the debt limit and the budget. Otherwise the country would be plunged into crisis. This happens so frequently, you may regard it as news somewhat less exciting than preparations for the solar eclipse in 2024. But it’s still important.

The Republican leaders required Democratic votes, due to that problem with an insane right wing that wouldn’t vote for disaster relief. The Democrats just wanted short-term extensions, to increase their future negotiating power.

Ryan said no. Then when Trump signed off on the plan anyway, he gulped and announced that the president was obviously just trying to avoid “some partisan fight” during the hurricane crisis.

Really, people, can you imagine anything worse than being Paul Ryan? I know he wants to kill off Medicare and likes to catch fish by grabbing them by their throats in the water. But still, this is a man who suffers.

The Washington Post has reported that some disgruntled conservatives are floating the idea of recruiting Newt Gingrich or former Senator Rick Santorum for Ryan’s job. It turns out you do not have to be a member of the House of Representatives to be speaker of the House. Who knew? And who better to take command than one of the two most irritating ex-public officials in America? Maybe next they can make Ted Cruz majority leader.

About that debt limit. Many countries, you will be surprised to hear, just pay their creditors automatically without repeatedly setting the entire world on the verge of financial collapse. The Republican position is basically that these crises are good for our character. But Trump seems to have come around to Senator Schumer’s position that we should stop torturing everybody and eliminate future debt limit votes.