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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDana Milbank: President Trump is entering his terrible twos
Washington PostThe Trump presidency turns two this month, and though we often hear the mantra this is not normal, what the president is doing actually is normal. For a 2-year-old.
If you want to understand this White House, turn off Wolf Blitzer and pick up Benjamin Spock. The ninth edition of the late pediatricians famous guide, first published in 1946, tells us all we need to know about this presidency as it approaches its second birthday:
This can be a physically exhausting and trying time.
The 2-year-old has a hard time making up his mind, and then he wants to change it, his understanding of the world is still so limited, and he becomes bolder and more daring in his experiments.
If you want to understand this White House, turn off Wolf Blitzer and pick up Benjamin Spock. The ninth edition of the late pediatricians famous guide, first published in 1946, tells us all we need to know about this presidency as it approaches its second birthday:
This can be a physically exhausting and trying time.
The 2-year-old has a hard time making up his mind, and then he wants to change it, his understanding of the world is still so limited, and he becomes bolder and more daring in his experiments.
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Dana Milbank: President Trump is entering his terrible twos (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2019
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That is seriously one of the most insightful and clever articles I've ever read
underpants
Jan 2019
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underpants
(183,040 posts)1. That is seriously one of the most insightful and clever articles I've ever read
I'd lost track of Milbank. Wow that was good.
Thanks.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)2. What a great article!
He does whine a lot and of course me me me!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)3. Thanks for the late night laugh ! nt
calimary
(81,605 posts)4. That photo of him at the top of the article - OY. He does NOT look good.
Gee, you thought this was gonna be just like The trump Organization, only WAY bigger and more personally lucrative, didn't you, donald.