Trump Straightening Out, Hopefully

THE VERY MOMENT DONALD TRUMP set foot inside the oval office for the first time and met Barack Obama, he began doing a passable impersonation of a proper gentleman, perhaps for the very first time, unless you include his complimentary election night comments about his opponent, which was no real indication of improved behavior, since it is easy to be gentlemanly in victory. And the act has continued into the second week of his president elect-ism. Doubtless Obama, a true gentleman, had a positive influence. Trump actually looked demure sitting next to the president, as if in awe of his surroundings, ready to be schooled by a better man and mind, which indeed he soon was. However, as we now know, the American presidency does not change your character, it magnifies it. In Trump's case, we hope there is more change, and less magnification. All we can do is wait and see. Soon enough, you suspect, the insults and tough talk will commence, as before, and all will be well. I'm just not sure what the nation will think of a perfectly gentlemanly Donald J. Trump. He aint no Ronald Wilson Reagan, that's for sure. Also, he may be coming to his senses. Suddenly, there will be no wall. A fence will do, at least in certain places. that leaves room for more backtracking out of a bad deal. And who knows, maybe Mexico can be persuaded to send some border security up to assist Nor shall eleven million people be deported. Two or three million oughta do it. Only the criminals will leave. The president elect is showing some sense. May we all begin to breathe finally? Our new anti-establishment president elect is surrounding himself with insiders and lobbyists, because its important to have people who know how the system works, who by definition are insiders. Drain one swamp, fill it back up...with what? New and improved slimy critters? Will Trump listen to the people he talks to? If not, why are they there? Maybe we'll get lucky, and President Trump will never do any of the crazy things he promised. Maybe he'll conveniently forget about them all, and will learn that we must stimulate demand, not supply, and that it is incumbent upon him to put a stop to the upsurge in racist hatred he seems to have, shall we say, unwittingly inspired.