Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Todd Blanche, one of the unhappy attorneys defending Donald Trump in one of the criminal actions against him, insisted this week the former president deserves to continue to be called ‘President Trump’ out of respect, that this is something the former game-show host and quondam pornographer ‘has earned.’ That is pure drivel, of course, but Trump, who has a thing about titles, has insisted for years that employees and sycophants continue calling him ‘President Trump.’ … Trump isn’t the first ex-president to cling pathetically to the title, though Trump’s insistence takes on a special valence because he also insists that he is the rightfully elected president and attempted to stage a coup d’etat in 2021 to hold onto the office. So there is more at work here than etiquette. But let’s talk about the etiquette a little bit.” (04/26/24)