HUFFPOST HILL - Donald Trump/Katie Ledecky Fight Really A Matter Of When, Not If

The U.S. took an early lead in the Olympic medal count, while China and Italy vied for the top spot in the establishment lane. Donald Trump gave a major "policy speech," and we realized he reads off a teleprompter with the same cadence we use to order takeout from people who don’t speak English well. And a Republican House staffer will run for president. His campaign will presumably center on his consensus building in his shared Massachusetts Avenue apartment and his able stewardship of the sunroom he converted into a bedroom. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Monday, August 8th, 2016:

TRUMP DELIVERS 'POLICY' SPEECH - Because it's a policy speech, it means he'll never backtrack on anything he says. Nick Timiraos and Beth Reinhard: "He called for aggressive sanctions against U.S. trading partners, a rollback of environmental regulations and large tax cuts for individuals and businesses... the speech showed areas of overlap with Mrs. Clinton. He promised to unveil a big infrastructure-spending plan, embracing a signature goal of Democrats, as well as a new proposal to help families facing rising child-care costs by allowing households to deduct those expenses from their income taxes. It wasn’t clear how such a tax break might be structured and whether it would be available to tens of millions of families that don’t pay income taxes because they have lower incomes." [WSJ]