One had to notice Donald Trump’s discomfort at the funeral service for George H.W. Bush. Trump struggled to sit through something that wasn’t all about him. In fact, it was all about what he is not. Speakers eulogized Bush for appealing to our best instincts, not our worst impulses. For sharing credit in victory and shouldering the blame in losses. For his loyalty to the institutions of government. For being respected by world leaders. For his courage and bravery as a war hero. For his honor, integrity, dignity and decency. And for a life code that began with “tell the truth.”
The entire ceremony was a repudiation of Trump and his inadequacy as both a leader and as a man.
Gary Cavalli, Danville
