Posted on 08/14/2017 1:40:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
We saw Donald Trumps true colors on Saturday, when he was given the chance a ready-made moment for presidential grace to denounce the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va., and instead found wrongdoing on many sides. That was Trump minus the pressure and the planning. That was his initial instinct, his first impulse.
We saw a different palette at a lectern in the White House on early Monday afternoon, but it was pure artifice, and muted and unpersuasive because of that.
We should also note that he began his brief statement on Monday by congratulating himself on the American economy and implicitly taking credit for what he said were a million new jobs. This is what our self-consumed, ungenerous president prefers to do brag. He thumps his chest when he should be on his knees.
But the length of his delay upped the ante on his delivery, which was passionless. He barely cleared the bar of grudging. He fell miles short of stirring.
rumps failings are prompting G.O.P. leaders to enunciate certain principles in a clearer and more unequivocal way than they did before. Because of him, theyre drawing lines in the sand at least semantically.
Of course the winds of opportunism and convenience could wipe out those lines in an instant. Of course Republicans have upbraided Trump before, only to hug him anew.
But there can be no doubt: Hes past the point of hugging. His pretend amends at the White House on Monday didnt color him warm, cuddly and redeemed. They were just Trump trying to get through another miserable day. And you, Republican members of Congress, have to figure out how your party and the rest of us get through the next miserable years.
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