The President Is A Cheater--today's LA Times.

[PatrickforO]

34. He does. I have a very good friend

who says that having Trump follow Obama provides a real contrast that forces us to confront our white privilege.

He points out that if we contrast Obama, who is arguably a good, moral man, a good family man, an ethical man - someone we can all admire, with Trump, who is a small-minded, mean-spirited con artist, the contrast forces cognitive dissonance.

Speaking for myself, I'm only partly in agreement with that. I believe Trump is a complete disaster; he and his wreckers have hacked apart our social, moral and economic fabric in ways that will literally take decades to repair. Merely helping Americans regain lost confidence in our institutions will require years of thoughtful policies, and a massive reeducation of Americans aimed at getting them out of the right-wing bubble and exposing them to the truth.