Was the open notebook purposely intended to make him look Presidential?
Like or not, and I don't, we have 54 more days to suffer through Donald J Trump as President of the United States of America.
On a brighter note, at the supermarket checkout line next to the magazine rack there was the People magazine. The photo was doctored, which is to be expected of People magazine. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris side by side, no masks, which, perhaps is appropriate, since they represent the future, that future being a day -- among many other things-- when a herd immunity is achieved.
The attempts by govermment at many levels -- federal, state, municipal -- in addition to other forms of social organization -- to somehow strive to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number doesn't seem to quite hit home with far too many members of the American electorate.