“Trump Isn’t the Man I Knew?”

Many of us remember the short and ridiculous tenure of Anthony Scaramucci as White House Communications Director.

Here, Scaramucci seems to be asserting that something fundamental has changed in the character of Donald Trump, now that he’s become addicted to power.

I think a more plausible explanation is that Trump was born without a soul.  All we know about his life is that he’s never done a single thing that  wasn’t calculated to bring himself pleasure, wealth, and power.

The purpose of his first term was to be re-elected, and to use his second term as a lame duck to do exactly what we’re seeing him do now: ignore the law to consolidate power, making it as hard as possible for him to be removed from office in 2028.