QOTD: The Mobster's Mentality

"That something like the Trump-Zelensky phone call would occur was entirely predictable given what we know about Donald Trump. He is an extreme narcissist, pathologically dishonest, shameless, a man who delights in flouting norms. He has a mobster’s mentality. Mr. Trump’s behavior isn’t governed by moral standards; he doesn’t seem to believe objective moral standards even exist. He can no more understand the language of morality than a person listening to someone speak a foreign language for the first time can." -- Political moralist and former aide to Rethuglican presidents (an oxymoron if there ever was one) Pete Wehner, lamenting what his Party has vomited up after decades of their politics of resentment, lies and bigotry. His lengthy op-ed is worth a read in that context.