Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Will Kelly close down the “commedia?” The White House is supposed to run the free world. The Scaramouch was just a stand-in for the president he professed to love. As J.K. Rowling put it in a tweet: “You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.”In a single week, Trump reminded everyone — if a reminder were needed — just how mean he is. He thrives on the commedia that brought the bilious Scaramouch to the White House.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2017 07:52 UTC