His Mind Is Made Up About Trump

Mark Salter: “I’ve always distrusted people who never question their assumptions or test their opinions against their critics’ arguments. I believe empathy is the starting point of wisdom, and imagining things from an opponent’s point of view is essential to solving problems in a closely divided polity.”

“Yet on the subject of Donald Trump, my mind is closed. Slammed shut. Triple-bolted. Sealed like a tomb.”

“Nothing anyone could reveal about Trump could get me to change my opinion that he’s an asshole. And not a ‘yeah, but he’s our asshole’ kind but rather a cartoon villain, a fake, a cheat, a liar, a creep, a bullying, bragging, bullshitting, blowhard kind of asshole.”