As I see it, here is the dilemma.
Is Donald Trump an ignorant, immature, cruel, egotistical, narcissistic, bully?
Or is he an evil genius?
I don’t think anyone knows for sure.
And as long as that question is unanswered with any certainty, efforts to change him or slow him down may remain ineffective.
Is he simply buffoonish or incredibly brilliant?
He is a fraud who conned his way into becoming the world’s most powerful man. Whatever his critics think of him, that took some skill.
No one has been able to stop him.
But they say a great conman is easy prey for an even greater conman. A thief is easily victimized by a better thief.
It might not take the most brilliant, heroic, honest person in the U.S. to bring him down.
An even more fraudulent shyster, however, might get the job done.
Trump 2.0, where are you?
(I wrote this piece eight years ago. Long before Trump’s second term. And at a time when I knew next to nothing about Elon Musk. Mr. 2.0 is now on board.)
©2017 Jim Hagarty
