The Trump "Pygmalion Project"

The New York Times editorial board expounds on the "Pygmalion project" to re-brand the odious neo- fascist demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump, led by his new campaign chief and despot hired gun Paul Manafort:

... Yet the Trump on the stump is the true man. However copiously applied, cosmetics cannot obscure his brutish agenda, nor the narcissism, capriciousness and most of all, the inexperience paired with intellectual laziness that would make him a disastrous president.

Come Wednesday, with Tuesday’s primaries safely out of the way, Mr. Manafort’s makeover efforts will enter a new dimension — Mr. Trump’s first foreign policy address. The campaign promises no less than “a clear, consistent long-term foreign policy for making America safe and prosperous.” That’s sure to be an interesting test, given that until now Mr. Trump has demonstrated limited knowledge of foreign trade policy, Middle East issues or geography. A sometime adviser, Roger Stone, said in an interview released Monday that the presidency “is show business” to Mr. Trump, who Mr. Stone said lacks the bandwidth to read a 40-page briefing book.

Whatever persona or good manners Mr. Trump chooses to display from now on, he can’t hide his unfitness for the presidency.

As we've said, history will not be kind to those who play along with Rump's ludicrous attempt at a makeover and choose to ignore the danger that he poses, simply for cynical, craven personal or political reasons.

BONUS:  Seth Meyers does a pretty creditable job satirizing this re-branding effort and the "low bar" Rump set that has many suckers in the media fawning over how Rump's tone was now becoming "more presidential:"