Trump Has No Shame
Only the fear of consequences restrains the president.
“You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves,” Donald Trump scolded reporters yesterday at the United Nations, as they asked him about bullying Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s work there.
It was a classic moment, because Trump himself doesn’t demonstrate any sense of shame at all. This politically potent character trait allows the president to do things that would have pricked the conscience of other political leaders. But although Trump is willing to weather endless dudgeon, he is not so blasé about real consequences. The current crisis over Ukraine
