It is now abundantly clear that President Trump has command of a very limited range of possible human responses to situations of any kind (“Trump’s virulent state of denial,” Editorial, March 13).
Basically this range is circumscribed by the characters permitted in a Tweet, or perhaps a degrading nickname blurted out in an uncontrolled fit of pique.
That’s it. There’s nothing more complex in the president’s social repertoire. That’s why Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, rather than the president himself, is negotiating the salvation of the US economy with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Meanwhile the Senate sits on its hands.
If we elect clowns to represent us, it should not surprise us to be living in a circus.
John F. LeBaron
Acton
Note from KBJ: I agree that we should not elect clowns to represent us. We should, therefore, de-elect the following clowns: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, AOC, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders.
