Day 2,017: raucous, court of advisers, round on, spat, rift
Donald Trump has not even got to the White House, and his raucous court of advisers have rounded on each other.
What seems like a petty spat over visas is in fact a sign of a much deeper rift.
Artwork of the day
Study for the Garden Court
Edward_Burne_JonesStyle:RomanticismGenre:genre painting
Word of the day
raucous: loud and unpleasant:
court of law: or the group of people who deal with legal cases there:
round on: to criticize someone who has criticized you:
spat: a short argument, usually about something that is not important:
rift: a large crack in the ground or in rock: a serious disagreement that separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing:
Quote of the day
“the camp children descended upon me in a raucous, violent flurry of little bodies. I felt like tiny buffalo were stampeding over me.”
― Colleen Houck, Tiger's Curse