Short Take Politics:
A President speaks up
Barack Obama calls the Trump circus what it is – a dumpster fire devoid of decorum and decency. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/15/nx-s1-5715117/obama-racist-ai-video-response-trump
President Bush on decency
Asked to write a President’s Day essay, George W. Bush read into the humility and civility that George Washington established in establishing the decorum we’ve come to expect from the office that is now, somehow, sadly, lacking, replaced instead by kitschy decor, fake boobs and botox injections. https://inpursuit.substack.com/p/george-washington-by-george-w-bush
Trump goes lower
While Obama and Bush stand for class and decorum, the most vane President ever has filed a trademark application on his name so that if Florida names and airport for him he can cash in in rights fees. It’s about grift, not honor. https://www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/trumps-private-company-files-trademark-f…