i’m not going to read f&f. i’ve read some of the commentary and the new york magazine excerpt and some others. and i thank all of you who have read and reported on it. i really cant be bothered.

here’s a thought question:

Has trump “ruined” the presidency?
has his ascension, behavior, etc, changed the presidency forever for which there is no “going back”?

can’t the next person more or less simply pick up with statesmanship, decorum, curiosity, interest, organization etc?

sure he may have affected some things - some standards, assumptions, conventions.
and he’s been abetted by a willing republican congress.

my opinion, for whatever it’s worth is that while he has left an indelible mark (hopefully always shown with an asterisk), his singular boorish behavior not change the nature of the presidency in any permanent way