The constant challenge with Donald Trump is to remain aware of his manifest personal flaws, and avoid sliding into denial or amnesia - but not constantly obsess over telling people things everybody already knows about him.
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Yes, Trump is a bad person unsuited to the presidency. Yes, that matters. No, it's not the only thing that matters.
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The character of the chief executive is important. But to say it is the only thing that matters is to say that all public policies are identical. That is nonsense. https://twitter.com/trogdor8768/status/1303026335518994434 …
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It's a threshold question. One can of course be a good person and yet a terrible president who pursues bad policies; so, yes, policies matter. But one cannot be a terrible person and a good president.
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True. But it is possible for the alternative to a bad person who is a bad president to be a worse president.
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