Mr. President, put up that wall
WASHINGTON — Of all the Judeo-Christian virtues, the one that utterly baffles me is humility. I mean, what is in it for me?
In observing our
45th president the past year or so, I believe he, too, shares my skepticism of humility. Charity?
Sure. Kindness? But of course. But humility ? I cannot see any benefit for me in practicing humility, and I am pretty sure Donald Trump thinks similarly. In fact, I dare say he has never even tried practicing humility. I certainly have not. Nor have I tried Chinese cuisine, which, by the way, has no known dessert.
Over the past few days, I have watched our president respond to calumnies directed at him by a past employee who, while in the White House, dressed like a garbage man, and a glabrous hoaxer who has already admitted that his rude book about the Trump administration abounds with falsehoods. Yet he published it anyway.
The president remains unruffled. Angry, yes. But calm. In fact, over the weekend, he tweeted, "Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart," whereupon he once again poked fun at "Crooked Hillary." I wonder how she responded. Possibly, she threw a lamp at Bill.
The president has every reason to be rather high on himself. He is a self-made businessman, a billionaire. He has been successful on television, and the first time he ran for high office he won the highest office in the land. In his first year in office, he has created a vibrant economy, made extensive appointments to the federal judiciary (in fact, he has made more appeals court appointments in one year than any president has since the appeals court was established in 1891), deregulated on a vast scale, got his tax reform through with the elimination of the Obama-era individual mandate and, now, starting on immigration reform and the building of his promised wall. What is there to be humble about?
He amassed some of his wealth as a builder. Actually, I believe he is the only American president who made a fortune as a builder. George Washington may have built a shack or two on his estates, for he was pretty much a self-made man, too, but I expect Donald
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