W ho could have guessed that Trump would get so spun up over a law that’s been on the books since Abraham Lincoln was president?

I certainly didn’t when I arrived at the White House this morning.

I was there as part of what the Trump administration has dubbed the “secondary print” element of the White House press pool , part of the rotating group of news outlets that it brings into the Oval Office for events. Normally, I am the designated “print pool” reporter approximately once a month, where I file short reports detailing what goes on in the Oval Office or any other event the president attends .

This time, my only function was to ask questions.…