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Editorial in WaPo from David Von Drehle:
Opinion: Trump’s big offense was being his awful self
...Trump was grandiose in expecting the world to assume the shape of his fevered imagination. Trump was mercurial, turning on former comrades while elevating crackpots as momentary whims and rages swept over him. Trump was reckless, allowing himself to be recorded as he pressured a Georgia official to “find” — translation: steal — enough votes to tip that state’s election to him. Trump was gullible, falling for kooky conspiracies and crackpot legal theories peddled by pillow salesmen, attention addicts and washed-up politicians with cheap dye jobs.
The list goes on, a reverse image of the Boy Scout Law. You know: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, etc., etc., etc. Trump is mendacious, selfish, heedless, grandiose and all the rest. Always has been, always will be.
For almost half a century, American culture has been afflicted, or maybe it’s infected, by Donald Trump — a fame-sucking parasite with fangs sunk deep into our national artery of sensationalism. But the country is not entirely innocent in the relationship. We gave him the attention he sought; we bought into his self-created narrative of unmatched wealth and business acumen. You might say we aided and abetted him.
















