“You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves,” Donald Trump scolded reporters on Monday at the United Nations, as they asked him about bullying Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s work there.It’s a classic do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do moment, since Trump himself doesn’t demonstrate any sense of shame at all. That’s been a politically potent character trait, allowing the president to do things that would have pricked the conscience of other political leaders. But though Trump is willing to weather endless dudgeon, he is not so blasé about real consequences. The current crisis over Ukraine demonstrates the reach and limitations …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
