The balm and the bile

For President-elect Donald Trump, political healing has been a sometime vocation.

TRUMP THE UNITER Victory speech, Nov. 9:

“To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. ... I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans. ... For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.”

Thanksgiving message:

“It is my prayer that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve. … We have just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw, and tensions just don’t heal overnight. But we have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. … But to succeed we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. … I am asking you to join me in this effort. It is time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens. Because when America is unified, there is nothing beyond our reach, and I mean absolutely nothing.”

TRUMP THE DIVIDER Twitter, Nov. 27:

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”

Twitter, Jan. 5:

“The Democrats, led by head clown Chuck Schumer, know how bad ObamaCare is and what a mess they are in.”