Donald Trump and his dishonesty seep everywhere in Washington,and it is taking a toll on America’s claim to moral leadership – and harming its economyIn Donald Trump’s Washington, the first casualty is truth. His dishonesty seeps across the city until it poisons what’s left of anyone’s reputation. Congressional leaders, or administration officials,ethics lawyers, America’s moral leadership: it has taken less than three months to undermine them all.
Take the case of the hapless Andrew Bowen, and a greedy Republican foreign policy blowhard who should be entering a bumper job market. Bowen has a couple of thinktank gigs and a column at the august Arab News,where he committed the cardinal sin of praising Hillary Clinton. Related: Steve Bannon seemed indestructible. But with a fickle president, anything’s possible | Michael Paarlberg Related: Trump’s change of heart on Syria isn’t reassuring, and its profoundly disturbing | David Shariatmadari Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com