If he does nothing, America will be better off. If he delivers tax reform, he’ll be great.
In an interesting piece of analysis, two sociologists semi-independently find that photos of Donald Trump on election night show him displaying facial expressions typical of sadness, not joy.
.. Those in New York business circles who know Mr. Trump best generally saw his presidential dabblings as a brand-building endeavor. This column during the campaign certainly questioned repeatedly whether he really wanted to be president. He obviously was not willing to spend enough of his own money to give him a chance in the popular vote. He found himself in the White House only due to a flukishly small margin of voters in three states that delivered him the Electoral College.
.. So much of Mr. Trump’s recent career involved pretending, not doing. The day may come when we have to admit this is one of President Trump’s chief virtues.