President Biden took a break from the long vacation of his presidency to fly to Maui for a couple of hours yesterday. He spoke at the Lahaina Civic Center. The White House has posted the text as “Remarks by President Biden at Community Engagement with Residents Impacts by Wildfires.”

When is “no comment” better than remarks geared for the occasion? When you can’t help talking about yourself and making up stories, “no comment” might have the edge.

[Now we know why the White House was so reluctant to send Empathy Joe to Maui all along. Empathy starts and ends with the Bidens for Joe, who has to make everything about himself and his own narratives — usually false narratives at that. — Ed]