Trump’s erratic first week was among the most alarming in history
Anyone who paid even glancing attention to the 2016 campaign already understood Donald Trump to be undisciplined, easily provoked and self-absorbed to the point of narcissism.
.. Peeved over reports about inauguration crowd size, Trump ordered up new photographs of the event.
.. falsely blamed the media (“among the most dishonest human beings on Earth”) for inventing his feud with the intelligence community; complained about coverage of his inauguration crowds (“We caught them, and we caught them in a beauty. And I think they’re going to pay a big price”). And, oh yes, lamented that the United States did not “keep the oil” in Iraq even as he dangerously observed, “Maybe you’ll have another chance.”
.. it means that no one, neither American citizens nor foreign leaders, can believe the president of the United States when he makes an assertion.
.. You will notice that my lament about the week is largely devoid of ideological content.