huju-
b. What should he be doing differently?
Your question reminds me of a story my father told me some time ago. He’s sitting in his office when one of the partners storms in furiously and slams the door. After throwing himself down into a chair he says- “you’ll never believe what happened to me last night”!
Here’s what happened- His daughter called and woke him up at 2:00 A.M. and asked if he could pick her up from down town. He wanted to know what she was doing down town at that hour and she explained that the bar she works at was going strong when her shift was over and her manager asked her not to leave. He yelled a string of profanities, told her to have her boyfriend pick her up and warned her to never call him in middle of the night again.
Then he looks at my father and says, “you’re a smart guy- would you have handled the situation differently?”
My father said, “I honestly don’t know how I would’ve handled it because that situation would never happen for the following reasons-
1. I wouldn’t go to sleep unless I knew that all my kids were in a safe place,
2. If one of them would call in middle of the night needing a ride I’d be out the door to pick them up before I had a chance to ask what they were doing wherever they were,
3. My kids would never work in a bar,
4. My daughters would never have a boyfriend,
5. I wouldn’t talk to my kids (or anyone else for that matter) with the kind of expletives that you just used.
6. I specifically let my kids know that if they ever need my help at any time they should call and I’ll be right over.”
So to ask what the president should be doing differently- he shouldn’t have gotten himself into the situation in the first place.
None of this happened while Former President Trump was in the White House.