The key...no, not key, CRITICAL! agreements with island nations in the Pacific are set to expire soon and the WH and Congress are blaming each other and not sealing the renewals. The cost to us for all these agreements, known as COFA, $120 million per year. As one pundit points out that equates to 90 minutes of routine Medicaid fraud. Meanwhile the Chicoms have left a blank check with each of those nations telling them to fill it in, tell the Americans to take a hike, and just leave it to China for all your needs and "protection." Every one of those tiny countries told China to hold that thought and then contacted the US with a "Well, what's going on?"

Saying the federal guvmint is "dysfunctional" is being too kind.