Is Donald Trump a good person? I'm not talking about his policies, but his character. There have been other presidents that I disagreed with on nearly everything. Two that come to mind are Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. I think both did great damage to this country with their conservative economic policies, but beyond their policies, I think they were basically good men -- flawed, but basically good.
I cannot say the same for Donald Trump. His policies are not only terrible, but he is a terrible person. He cares for no one but himself, and he lies constantly -- not to help the country, but only to make himself look good.
His denigration of our troops, and his hiding of the seriousness of the coronavirus are just the latest examples of Trump's abject lack of "goodness". There have been many other examples throughout his time in office (and before).
The following is just a small part of David Frum's article in The Atlantic on Trump's not being a good person.
One of the most striking things about Trump is how seldom, if ever, anybody tells a story of kindness and compassion about him. Not even his own children have much to say. Here’s his daughter Tiffany at the Republican convention in 2016:
My father always asked about my family in Georgia, to make sure that they are healthy and safe … A few years ago, someone very dear to me passed away, and the first call I got, as I knew I would, came from my father.
And that’s it. Few former employees of the Trump administration praise him as a boss. Few business partners speak of his honesty. Few tenants of Trump buildings have anything good to say about the homes he supposedly built. Few officials of any city have been willing to celebrate any contribution to urban life. Few beneficiaries of any Trump philanthropy.
Imagine a man who has lived in the public eye for half a century, supposedly one of the country’s leading business figures, and when in trouble he struggles to summon credible or trustworthy witnesses from outside the Fox Cinematic Universe. There’s just a gaping zero where goodness should be.
