{"id":34263,"date":"2017-01-20T18:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T23:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=34263"},"modified":"2017-01-20T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T23:39:03","slug":"a-comment-on-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=34263","title":{"rendered":"A Comment on President Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fhughvandervoort.com%2F%3Fp%3D34263&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>This blog is about birds, but I&#8217;ll make an exception tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King talked about, &#8220;The content of your character&#8221; as a way to measure a man, and I believe we&#8217;ve seen enough of Mr. Trump&#8217;s character to take his measure.<\/p>\n<p>I believe he&#8217;s unqualified by temperament, training and experience to be the president, and will fail spectacularly, soon, unless some miraculous change comes over him. Failing that, we&#8217;re in deep trouble, and we&#8217;ll have to rely on the republican congress to keep him in check, and that&#8217;s a really sorry lot to have to depend on.<\/p>\n<p>God help us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=34264\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34264\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=34264\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Infamy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?fit=584%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34264\" title=\"Infamy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?resize=584%2C684&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Infamy\" width=\"584\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?resize=128%2C150&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?resize=768%2C900&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Infamy-1.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fhughvandervoort.com%2F%3Fp%3D34263&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is about birds, but I&#8217;ll make an exception tonight. 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