Jen Psaki

But remember, this is a problem he himself created and has perpetuated now for weeks.

I mean, Democrats have repeatedly offered to pass a standalone bill funding the TSA, even Republicans like Senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz got on board with that plan.

But Trump refused.

He could have signed this executive order at any point over the past month, or he could have agreed to the deal Democrats were offering him.

But he chose not to.

He created this mess.

And now he's trying to take all of the credit for fixing it.

If you don't believe me, here was Republican Senator John Kennedy saying it as clear as can be earlier this week.

Now, to make matters worse, because Trump waited so long on this, just funding TSA doesn't mean the agency is now suddenly fixed.

I mean, earlier this week, the head of TSA told Congress that nearly 500 TSA agents have quit since the start of the partial shutdown.

She added that it takes four to six months to train new TSA officers.

So even though Trump has now all of a sudden decided that he wants to fund the TSA, a lot of damage has already been done.

It won't be that easy to reverse.

He's always been a ball of chaos.

He always makes messes that take a long time to clean up.

But in just the past few weeks, he has created crises after crises that Americans aren't just reading about in the news but are experiencing firsthand.

I mean, for example, anywhere in the country, if you turn on any local TV news broadcast tonight, I bet you will see stories like this one.

Everywhere.

Today, oil prices rose yet again after Donald Trump removed his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz from this Friday to April 6th.

And of course, that timeline really means nothing, as we've just been talking about.