My son Mark, whose mind is more capacious, objective and generous than mine, nicely formulated the Donald Trump problem for thoughtful conservatives. “I approve of almost everything he has done,” my son remarked, “and I disapprove of almost everything he has said.” ...No, the presidency is not like a monarchy.
I disapprove of the bragging tweets, the touchiness, the crude put-downs of anyone who disagrees with him ...
The presidency, like the monarchy in England, has a symbolic along with a practical aspect. ...
The obverse of Donald Trump’s presidency for me was that of Barack Obama. To flip my son’s formulation, I approved of almost everything Mr. Obama said, and I disapproved of almost everything he did. ...
I can easily imagine myself at lunch with Barack Obama, talking baseball, basketball, the University of Chicago, the intricacies of Chicago-style machine politics, whereas I cannot think of a single topic I might take up at a similar meal with Donald Trump.
If you agree with Epstein, then ask yourself: How would a President with Trump's policies ever get elected, without someone with a personality like Trump's?
Trump has had to tweet in order to get his message out, as the mainstream news media distorts everything about him.
Trump has had to abrasively challenge his enemies, as he would get destroyed otherwise.
Playing the role of a dopey nice guy worked well for Obama, but it would not have gotten us reversals of bad Democrat policies.
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