(CNN) It's hard to avoid hyberbole when it comes to Donald Trump. The President himself constantly engages in braggadocio about the biggest this or the worst that. He lives in a world of extremes and, therefore, the way that he is covered tends to favors the extremes as well.

And yet, it's very hard to look at this past week and not see it as the worst one of Trump's 18 months -- to the day! -- in office.

The week began with Trump's disastrous press conference in Helsinki with Russian president Vladimir Putin in which he sought to cast the Russian interference in the 2016 election as at least partly America's fault.

Tuesday was consumed by the debate over whether Trump meant "would" or "wouldn't" in regard to Russia meddling.