"I think it was appalling to see the wildly corrupt, vulgar egomaniac who is our president intersperse the good and hopeful things he had to say . . .

(it is good that the theocratic extremists’ military strength has been largely destroyed; it is to be hoped they will reopen the Strait in order to re-start their flow of oil revenue) . . .

. . . with wild lies

(“In one year, we’ve taken a dead and crippled country” — widely considered the envy of the world — “and made it the hottest country anywhere in the world by far” — China is cleaning our clock and job growth has been close to zero — “with no inflation” — inflation is heading back up) . . .

. . . and his trademark counterproductive, humiliating insults.

(Where was the part about the great majority of Iranian people, custodians of a proud 6,000-year culture, with whom we stand ready to build a respectful, prosperous peace?)

But that’s me." —Andrew Tobias