Washington Post: New questions about Trump’s ugly Bible stunt hint at some dark truths
Berry Craig
By GREG SARGENT
White House image-makers often strive to create iconic moments for presidents, but sometimes history refuses to cooperate. George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech on an aircraft carrier, for instance, ultimately came to enshrine his propagandizing about a needless war that spiraled into the greatest U.S. foreign policy disaster in recent times.
Disturbing new details are emerging about the violent crackdown on protesters that preceded President Trump’s Bible photo op near the White House. What was supposed to capture Trump bravely standing up for “law and order” is rapidly coming to typify his megalomania, his terror of looking weak, and — perversely enough — his profound contempt for the rule of law.Read more here.