Trump Is Making Everyone a Little Like Him
Even staid, somber public servants like James Comey, John Brennan, Neal Katyal, and Walter Shaub find themselves succumbing to the president’s bombast and weakness for insults.
In an interview Tuesday morning, NPR’s Steve Inskeep asked former FBI Director James Comey about some of the most discussed portions of his new book. No, not the ones where he calls President Trump a chronic liar untethered from reality, or where he discusses briefing Trump on the Steele dossier: The ones where he notes the president’s over-long tie, or his hand size, or the bags under his eyes.
Comey insisted he wasn’t mocking Trump. “I’m not making fun of the president. I’m trying to be an author, which I’ve never been before in my life,” he said. “I’m trying to show the reader this is how I was experiencing the world, and bring them into those rooms with me. And so I really do think the folks who are picking up on that, it’s
