It is possible for Trump to be a good President

November 10, 2016 01:06

Says Richard W Painter of the New York Times: I am one of millions of Republicans who voted for Hillary Clinton because much of what I heard Donald J Trump say on the campaign trail was nonsensical as well as hurtful to many Americans. But I take some comfort in thinking, while he will have to overcome many hurdles to be a good president, he can avoid being a bad president for two reasons.

First, he would not have gotten this far -- he is the first non-politician to be elected president since Dwight Eisenhower -- if he were lacking in intelligence.

Second, he very likely knows what the rest of us know: Most of the things he promised to do in order to get elected make no sense. And for that reason alone he may not do them. There is also the fact that even a Republican Congress may very well resist his policies, by, for instance, refusing to fund construction of the proposed wall bordering Mexico.

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