Quote of the Day (William Leuchtenburg, on ‘A Chief Executive With This Sort of Temperament’)

“We really have no precedent for a chief executive with this sort of temperament – so careless about his statements, so quick to take offense. There is concern not just here at home but abroad, as I know from letters I’m getting from historians particularly in Europe. There is great alarm about how irresponsible the man seems.”—American Presidential historian William Leuchtenburg (1922-2025), on Donald Trump after the first two weeks of his first term, quoted by Joe Killian, “NC Political, Historical Experts Reflect on Trump Presidency,” NC Newsline, Feb. 2, 2017

It is so much worse now.