I’m almost beginning to feel sorry for him.
Donald Trump, that is.
Having previously posited that it’s wrong to make fun of the mentally deficient, I’m reluctant to further highlight recent revelations from author Michael Wolff, whose new book, “Fire and Fury,” reports on what can only be described as insanity at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Then again, Trump is the president and, therefore, rules of civility take a back seat to the nation’s health and security. Besides, even a saint would be tempted to mutter, Toldja.
The thing is, countless people — and not just Democrats — have been trying all last year and before to convey that Donald Trump wasn’t up to the job. Even his inner circle concluded as much after a brief romance with the fantasy that they could make him into a useful president. His behavior, language, outbursts, impulsiveness — all suggested that he is “like a child,” as Wolff put it Friday on NBC’s “Today.” Worse, given those very characteristics, that he’s quite possibly not mentally competent to perform his duties.
One needn’t look far for evidence. Most recent is his taunt to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that his (Trump’s) nuclear button is bigger than Kim’s. This was Trump’s response after Kim had said that his nuclear button was always at the ready. What is it about certain men who must always resort to measurements? That’s a rhetorical question.