Frank Bruni, New York Times columnist, is a good at his job. The first two paragraphs of his column today:
Donald Trump has been recognized for his mastery of the media, his fascination with gilt and his bold advocacy for baffling hair.
But I think his greatest distinction is as a surrealist. Not since Salvador Dalí has someone so ambitiously jumbled reality and hallucination.
He goes on to mention all sorts of insults you’ve probably already forgotten, because, as Bruni puts it:
His greatest trick, though, isn’t to toy with memory but to overwhelm it, rendering insults and provocations at such a hectic pace that the new ones eclipse and then expunge the old ones. It’s as if the DVR of the electorate and the media can store only so many episodes before it starts erasing earlier indignities.
I didn’t even know that Trump’s claims about being opposed to the invasion of Iraq aren’t “on record” so far as anyone knows.
Meanwhile, in a separate New York Times piece today, Obama criticizes Trump directly, saying:
Being president is a serious job. It’s not hosting a talk show or a reality show. It’s not promotion. It’s not marketing. It’s hard. And a lot of people count on us getting it right. And it’s not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day.
