Facts, Schmacts

During the campaign, my biggest problem with Donald Trump was that he just didn't know what he was talking about. This is not to dismiss the racism, misogyny, xenophobia and assorted bigotry; not to mention the incitements to violence and the continuous string of insults, but in addition to the deliberate lying, he just didn't seem to have any idea how things worked...at all. Granted, you can never know the enormity of the job until you're in it, but Trump betrayed an ignorance of basic facts, such as the need to restaff virtually the entire West Wing once he took office. Even his own business operations were shown to be a mystery to him when he claimed that his employees "were having a hard time with Obamacare" although most were insured by way of group insurance through the company. Time after time his statements revealed a woeful lack of understanding of economics, the Constitution, libel laws, and even basics facts about a variety of situations. Of course, a president doesn't have to know everything, he has a cabinet, advisors, assistants. He has to delegate. But when you have advisors, you should actually listen to them, when you have experts on your team who know more than you do, you should actually consult with them before shooting off your mouth. Trump has done neither.

For the next four years we will have a president who just doesn't know jack-shit.