https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/before-wall-brawl-there-was-camscam/577945/

«Decades ago, Newt Gingrich divined that chaos was more telegenic than governing.

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President Trump lives—and thrives—in the world Gingrich made. But there’s a difference between getting attention and solving problems, and politicians who are good at getting attention are not necessarily good at solving problems. Gingrich certainly was not. Trump, who boasted on Wednesday that he would be “proud to shut down the government,” isn’t either.»