Trump’s national monument plan could easily fail, but he’ll still declare victory

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tangled with protesters, weaved through media hives and trotted on horseback across a Utah moonscape this week in pursuit of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting national monuments. It’s a directive that may prove legally tenuous but is nonetheless creating rich political theater for the White House. Trump struggled during…

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WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tangled with protesters, weaved through media hives and trotted on horseback across a Utah moonscape this week in pursuit of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting national monuments. It’s a directive that may prove legally tenuous but is nonetheless creating rich political theater for the White House. Trump struggled during…