The Character of the 'president'

Character counts. It ripples from the top down. The current 'leader' of the free world is so far off the radar, so lacking the kind of character, personality, intelligence, grace, eloquence, empathy, experience or patience for the job that it defies reason. Bullying was recently a big issue for schools. Now it is behavior that is displayed at the very top.
Lying was always taught to be wrong. Basic. We called it fibbing.
Now lies happen everyday and the lies will be denied.
It becomes dizzying.
Here are a few articles worth reading to cope with this alternate reality. 

1. Trump's Ghostwriter Tell All
Essential Reading
“I put lipstick on a pig,” Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter, says. He feels “deep remorse. Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartz’s sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale, New York, he pulled out his laptop and caught up with the day’s big news: Donald J. Trump had declared his candidacy for President. As Schwartz watched a video of the speech, he began to feel personally implicated.
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2. Richard Branson Describes "Bizarre" Lunch -  
Donald Trump Waxed About Revenge
"What concerns me most...is his vindictive streak."As our own David Corn noted just this week, Donald Trump loves nothing more than seeking cold revenge. It turns out billionaire Richard Branson has a Trump story that illustrates Trump's obsession with vengeance perfectly.  
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