Stumped by Trump
Unfinished Thoughts and Swings at Optimism
The morning after Donald Trump was elected the President of the United States, I had to explain to my precocious six-year-old son, yet again, that building a long wall between our country and Mexico was impossible. But this time, when he asked whether he should mention as much to his Mexican friends at school, I had to remind him that they had nothing to worry about.
“Why?” he asked.
“Because,” I replied, “they’re Americans.”
