Before we return to reviewing additional policies and actions of Trump and his Enablers, recent books and op-eds compel me to now focus on the “fool-in-chief.” Here’s what’s relevant.

Trump’s major focus in life has always been the acquisition of wealth. He is rich (though apparently not as wealthy as he insists). He is also, based upon the number of bankruptcies his companies have engendered, not an especially astute businessman. His colleagues in the financial world report that he doesn’t pay his debts. In other words, as his months in office so sadly reveal, he can’t be trusted. Because of this reputation, he has had to seek funding for his real estate empire abroad, especially by-way of Russian oligarchs and other nefarious characters.

So what we have is a very thin-skinned con-man who has little credibility or integrity; someone few would likely consider as Presidential material. Nevertheless, reality intrudes and in November 2016, he is elected.

In the first months of the administration, a Cabinet meeting occurred whose opening minutes were televised. They can only be described as “unbelievable.”  Initially, the President was fawned over, and praised and thanked in the most “kiss-ass” terms by each member of the Cabinet. This was not Stalin’s Russia nor a scene from Game of Thrones. Apparently, acceding to Trump’s wishes, then Chief of Staff Reince Priebus had orchestrated this airing of individual delight at being “allowed to serve” Donald Trump.

Jump ahead to the first week of September (2018), wherein The New York Times published an anonymous op-ed written by a “senior administration official,” delineating the incompetence of the President, thereby joining a chorus of other sources in describing him as “amoral” and unfit to serve. What happened?

Has the Cabinet and staff only now removed their blinders and begun to recognize how problematic and dangerous their boss is? Not only is he ignorant of history, politics, economics, etc., it has been heavily reported that he does not even try to learn what he must to properly do his job. He has no patience for serious briefings, is quick-tempered, with no attention span. In other words, he is a relatively ignorant narcissist who,  psychologists have suggested, is pathological in his lying and inability to distinguish fact from fiction. He believes he is almost always correct, rarely apologizes, and is dogmatic in his world-view. (As I complete this Blog, Trump, despite an authoritative report and analysis, claims–without any evidence–that approximately 3,000 people did not die as a result of  the hurricane that  destroyed Puerto Rico last year. Rather, the “real” number was under 20; Trump says that it’s a “conspiracy against him” to argue otherwise).

Often comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, no past President comes to mind (well, maybe Richard Nixon), that bears even a smattering resemblance to this most dangerous of Presidents. This is the man Trump’s Enablers have facilitated in office, thereby increasing actual threats to our society and national security.