The latest from the guy in the Oval Office:

He demands all reports and briefings that reach his desk be no more than one page, yet his supporters say he’s a detail-oriented guy. Well, sure, that’s obvious.

He quotes what a dead president said about the Civil War. Now we know the president is a medium.

He asks why the Civil War happened, a question people don’t ask. Obviously, none of the 50,000 books written on the subject have ever considered that question.

He learns how the world works from other world leaders, earlier from Germany, the latest from China. Of course. Why do your own studying when others will do it for you?

He says he likes to work. That is shown in the near-weekly trips to Florida to tend to his golf course.

He would be honored to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and invited the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte to visit. What could go wrong?

He says we can draw our own conclusions and can have our own opinions. Thanks, but we don’t need your permission for that. He also says he doesn’t stand by anything.

Ah, at last—something on which we agree.

Steve Barnhart

Kansas City

Note from KBJ: Please get some help with your Trump Derangement Syndrome, Steve. You're making an ass of yourself.