A divider, not a uniter
By Dan Balz
August 26 at 12:28 PM
President Trump has set his presidency on an unambiguous course for which there could be no reversal. He has chosen to be a divider, not a uniter, ... That’s one obvious message from Friday’s decision to issue a pardon ...
... The more he is under fire — as he is now — the more he returns to that strategy ...
... the president has again linked himself to the most extreme elements ... The pardon was .. extraordinary .. so early in a presidency and sets a tone .. on the president’s willingness .. to take care of those .. loyal to him. That .. could come into play in the future ...
... Trump decided to announce the pardon as Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on Texas. At a time when the public would expect the president .. fully focused on the well-being of people in harm’s way .. he chose to divert .. attention by stirring controversy elsewhere ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-pardon-of-arpaio-fits-a-pattern-a-divider-not-a-uniter/2017/08/26/e28e0616-8a5e-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html?utm_term=.7ff697604462
