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Not-hating Trump

Not-hating Trump   [Oct. 30, 2019:  The first draft of this piece was written several months before the beginning of the impeachment inquiries.  This makes the challenge of Not-hating even more daunting.] God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,             from “Serenity Prayer”                          Reinhold Niebuhr Yesterday Notre Dame de Paris burned.   It was the biggest news of the day.   For one day, it threatened to knock Donald Trump down to page 2, and he couldn’t stand it.   He had to insert himself into the story somehow, so he tweeted this: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!”  As if no one else in Paris or the rest of the world had any idea what to do!   I n one sense , the tweet was quite an accomplishment:   In twenty-seven words, he managed not only to show his stupidity, childishness and a