Ambrose’s criticism of Trump is limp
How surprised I was to see columnist Jay Ambrose begin his June 1 Free Press piece by attacking Donald Trump (“The Perils of Defending Trump”): “I am not a Republican. I did not vote for Donald Trump. … The tweets, the mostly ignorant buffoonish tweets sum up the worst of him …”
But he quickly turns: “[T]he left has illustrated repeatedly why it is twice the danger to our republic than he is.” He recaps his hatred for Obama, including “costly regulations that stymie business … even if some do … good.”
After skewering Clean Power, immigration and the Iran treaty, Ambrose declares “the GOP tax reform … the single biggest gift to working- and middle-class Americans in decades, [including] minorities.”
Then, he turns again: “I do believe Trump’s international trade games could be economically ruinous and his casualness about the debt is enough to make one shiver.”