President Trump same as candidate Trump
By Robyn Urback, CBC News
Posted: Feb 16, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Last Updated: Feb 16, 2017 5:00 AM ET
... sweet optimists urged skeptical Americans to "give Donald Trump a chance."
Yes, they granted, he wasn't exactly well versed on global affairs ...
And yes, they conceded, he did subscribe to a number of conspiracy theories ...
And yes, they acknowledged, he did campaign on a bunch of ludicrous promises ...
But candidate Donald Trump would surely be different from President Donald Trump. The former was erratic and unrefined — necessarily so, arguably, to endear himself to his base — but the latter would appreciate the gravitas of his role and pivot to become the type of president who doesn't, for example, go on midnight Twitter tirades, or discuss North Korean missile tests in a crowded Mar-a-Lago dining room, or purge his administration of vocal dissenters ...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/give-trump-a-chance-1.3984869