He continues to make a fool of himself and to shame intelligent people. His speeches have demonstrated he is no more capable of becoming a statesman than the braying ass can become a noble lion. His weak, wishy-washy efforts have made us the laughing stock of the whole world. The European powers will despise us because we have no better material out of which to make a president. He has an inferior cast of character, unequal to the crisis.
All indications put his support at about 25 percent — roughly equivalent to the lowest approval ratings recorded by modern-day polling. I couldn’t conceive it possible for him to successfully administer the government and prosecute the war. As to the politics of Washington, the most striking thing is the absence of personal loyalty to him. It doesn’t exist.
The Republicans might choose this presidential pigmy as their nominee. The U.S. has entered on that transition stage, so well-known to the students of history, through which republics pass on their way from democracy to tyranny.
No, this was not said about Donald Trump but about President Lincoln by esteemed political pundits and those in his own party before and after his election. Trump is no Lincoln but reporters and pundits are often wrong.
