Jon Lovett

It was Alan Lichtman's 13 keys.

Was a good one.

I feel good about that.

I would say, Elijah, that instead of shadowboxing your perceived critics, why don't we just get into it?

Okay.

Well, I look forward to our process fight.

And like Jeffrey Epstein said to Bill's Clinton and Gates when his jacuzzi finally reached 100 degrees, are you guys ready to get into it?

Amazing.

Amazing joke.

All right, let's kick things off with a hot category.

Start with the bang.

This is the self-inflicted wound political scandal of the year.

Our first nominee is Signalgate.

Of course, this was when Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a signal chat with several Trump officials discussing plans to bomb Yemen.

Here's a dramatic reading of the text discussing Operation Rough Rider performed by some of our Pod Save America producers.

Michael Waltz, fist emoji, American flag emoji, fire emoji.

Next up, we have Trump's ballroom gate.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Trump announced that he was demolishing the east wing of the White House to build a massive ballroom.

This one is ongoing, and the latest update is that Trump has fired his original architect because that architect said the ballroom should be smaller than what Trump wanted and that the project is already over budget and behind schedule.

Next up, we have Kimmelgate, when the Trump administration pressured ABC and its affiliates to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air.