President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary is withdrawing. And just days after asking for his resignation, Trump is now defending Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser. Josh Robin filed the following report.
As the president plots peace with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there is more turmoil in the Trump administration.
Case One: Andrew Puzder, the fast-food magnate, is taking his name out of consideration to become labor secretary. Even in a Republican-controlled Senate, he was sunk by use of an undocumented immigrant housekeeper and risque ads.
Sealing it was a nearly 30-year-old episode from the Oprah Winfrey show. Puzder's former wife, in disguise, is said to have talked about his abusive behavior. She reportedly later retracted the allegation.
Case Two: Michael Flynn. The former national security adviser is getting interesting treatment for a person the White House called untrustworthy just two days ago.
"General Flynn is a wonderful man," Trump said. "I think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media."
But that's not what Trump's spokesman said the day after Trump let Flynn go.
"The level of trust between the president and General Flynn had eroded to a point where he felt he had to make a change," Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
A change there. But there does seem to be a constant. Trump continues to see current events through the lens of November's election, like damaging leaks.
"People are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the Democrats had under Hillary Clinton," Trump said.
But when the leaks hurt Clinton, Trump wasn't always so opposed.
"I love Wikileaks," he once said.
Now, to Israelis and Palestinians. Aiming for a "great peace deal," Trump is abandoning longtime White House policy of a two-state solution. And he has an ask of Israel.
"As far as settlements, I'd like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit," Trump said. "We'll work something out. But I would like to see a deal be made."
Netanyahu's response?
"I believe that the issue of the settlements is not the core of the conflict, nor does it really drive the conflict," he said.
Trump is jumping into a conflict where peace has eluded generations of his predecessors.
There are signs he may be widening American involvment in other parts of the Middle East. CNN is reporting the Pentagon is looking at sending U.S. combat troops to Syria.