Trump has no tragic flaw, just no character at all
Once, character and reputation were prized in our leaders. How did this America, our America, become a place where a man with no character has an even chance of being re-elected president?
In the midst of the furor over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he should lie about it or come clean, liberals began advancing the argument that the private character of a president should be differentiated from his public character.
Look at FDR, JFK and LBJ, they said. Lots of presidents betrayed their wives and deceived the electorate about their personal lives. But that should not distract from their public character, what they achieved and how they helped people while in office.
