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Incoherent by virtue of few details, but I'm reminded of the litigious effort a Chicago newspaper made to prove Henry Ford ignorant. Ford was challenged with questions concerning historical facts and numbers, but eventually, Ford had enough. His response:

“If I should really WANT to answer the foolish question you have just asked, or any of the other questions you have been asking me, let me remind you that I have a row of electric push-buttons on my desk, and by pushing the right button, I can summon to my aid men who can answer ANY question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I am devoting most of my efforts. Now, will you kindly tell me, WHY I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?”

At the time George Bush was contemplating the Iraqi war he figuratively pushed the button on his desk and summoned one of those experts to the Oval Office and asked the head of the CIA if there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq especially nuclear weapons and the expert rose, raised his right hand and swore, "Mr. Pres., it is a slam dunk." The president repeated the question, and the answer was repeated.

Two men evidently disagreed with George Bush's decision about Iraq, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Brack Obama was right for the wrong reasons. I have no idea why Donald Trump was right.

John F. Kennedy at the time of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 decided he wanted his brother to be among his closest advisers because he did not trust the national security experts, many of whom had earlier assured him that the Bay of Pigs would be successful.

We do not elect presidents to parrot what they are told by experts, we expect them to exercise judgment in selecting the experts in the first place and wisdom in evaluating their recommendations in the crunch. We knew what kind of advisers Ronald Reagan would get because he had a coherent political philosophy, a conservative philosophy. Yet, Reagan at Reykjavík had to walk away from the near unanimous advice of his wise men. God knows what kind of philosophy Donald Trump has or whom he will choose to surround himself with. We do not know what fundamental principles Donald Trump will engage when called upon to act wisely in evaluating the recommendations of his so-called experts.

That same event came to mind for me. Henry Ford, though not a perfect human being, was a brilliant industrialist, the Bill Gates of his time. The Rouge plant, the rubber plantations, the mines, the moving assembly line, parts standardization...he left a lasting imprint on the world.

Not bad for an ignoramus with buttons on his desk.

Trump bashers, take note.