Dig this crazy bit of ironic hyperbole…
First as a candidate, and now as president, Donald Trump has drawn fire for promising the moon and stars without giving the slightest hint of how he intended to obtain them. In fact, as Tuesday night’s speech to Congress demonstrated so clearly, the president is actually a master of the art of diminished expectations.
On Tuesday night, we are told, he looked sober and presidential, when all he actually did was read a speech from a Teleprompter …
Y’know, I wasn’t in favor of Trump as prez and I’m still not in favor of Trump as prez, but I can’t help but remember somebody else who was famous for the presidential ease with which he read promises of the moon and stars from a Teleprompter…
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.
Not only did none of those promises come true but in most cases the opposite happened. And as I recall, NYT was all about that guy.
