Just Politics

[dukeb]

I remember right after the 2016 election, I'd be driving somewhere and the news would come on the radio and they would refer to "President Elect Trump."

I giggled and was horrified at the same time. Then I thought "well, he will rise to the occasion and surround himself with competent people."

And to some extent he did surround himself with some competent people. And those people left quickly once they realized what they had gotten themselves into.

I can to some extent understand the people who said in 2017 that they expected Trump to be sobered up by the responsibilities of his new office, and to take advice and try to do a good job. Even I thought he might take a stab at that.