His tone was more matter-of-fact than outraged, and it occurred to me that this was in contrast to his Twitter personality, which gives the impression that he is almost always angry. The platform might serve him better if he used it more often as a happy warrior.
My personal experience with Trump is limited, but I have known many public figures who would have spent days curled in the fetal position if they had taken half the pounding he’s endured the last 18 months. Even a single false accusation of racial insensitivity would have sent most to the medicine cabinet and the bottle.
Then there’s that new life Trump starts Friday at noon. Maybe it hasn’t hit him yet, but he shows no sign of being intimidated about becoming the most powerful man in the world, #45 in the line that starts with George Washington and includes Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan.
He showed some spark when he mentioned his meeting with the head of Lockheed-Martin about the soaring cost of the F-35 aircraft. I asked if it was true the company had offered $600 million in reduced costs. He nodded yes and said, “We saved $600 million in half an hour’s work.”
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