It is sometimes argued that the media should spend less time on President Trump’s transgressive tweets in order to devote more attention to real issues, such as North Korea. The main problem is the possibility that America has an unbalanced president during a period of high-stakes global testing. It is not merely “uncouth” for a president to tolerate, even to hint support for, violence against political opponents (“I’d like to punch him in the face”). It is not being “coarse” for a president to engage in consistent misogyny. Applying the 25th Amendment (containing the procedure to remove an unfit president from office) is a practical impossibility, since it involves the Cabinet turning against the president.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 23:37 UTC