Could a meditating Trump find om, sweet om, at Mar-a-Lago?

Frank Cerabino

The town of Palm Beach is getting a Transcendental Meditation center. And not a moment too soon. Transcendental Meditation — often known as TM — is a relaxation technique designed to allow people to find a state of inner peace. It’s usually practiced by those who sit still with their eyes closed while thinking about a short string of sounds, called mantras. These sessions last 20 minutes and are done twice a day.

Practitioners feel better about themselves and the world.

At least that’s the theory. And I say it’s worth a try.

Not for me. But for a very special part-time resident of Palm Beach, who can use a bit of help.

I’m not sure when President Donald Trump will be returning to Mar-a-Lago, but I’m hoping the new Transcend, Palm Beach, can extend a complimentary starter set of sessions with the president, who appears to be in dire need of some emergency mellowing.

The golf ’s not working. He needs something stronger.

In the words of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the deceased Indian guru who founded this discipline:

“The goal of the Transcendental Meditation technique is the state of enlightenment. This means we experience that inner calmness, that quiet state of least excitation, even when we are dynamically busy.” Read Frank Cerabino’s recent columns online at

President Trump would be a perfect candidate. While he appears to be dynamically busy, his constant state of excitation and lack of inner calmness produces little more than comically aggressive handshakes, unconstitutional executive orders, and uninformed utterances that create chaos among his bewildered advisers and dismayed foreign allies.

His problem is that he’s been practicing the wrong kind of TM. He’s been doing Twitter Madness.

Instead of incorporating silent meditation in his morning routine, he wakes up with a mantra of “Attack!” in his