text: It has been often observed that politicians never learn, and the cover-up always leads to worse problems than their original misdeeds. 
  
  The Trump and his fellow thugs are demonstrating that non-politicians follow the same mindless, knee-jerk trajectory of denial and obfuscation. 
  
  Perhaps merely being elected is all it takes to turn off that part of the brain (if it was ever on).
  
  Stephen J. Remington