Plan B

High-level meetings in the lame duck

[Oval Office. TRUMP, wearing a dark blue suit, is seated at the Resolute Desk and looking at a piece of paper held by White House Chief of Staff MARK MEADOWS, who stands next to him. TRUMP’s face is dark and clouded; MEADOWS has passed out of his previous manic, mad-rictus phase and is now glumly playing dutiful courtier to a mad king.]

MEADOWS: Sir, I …