I find it hard to believe that Donald Trump – whose candidacy was declared a year ago seemed a bad joke – is the Republican nominee for the presidency of the United States. Surely it cannot be so. He has none of the qualities which would qualify him for a position whose incumbent can shake the world.
Trump’s character lacks any integrity, his judgement is flawed, his ignorance of statecraft is extreme, his beliefs appeal not to the better angels of a nation but to the lowest common denominators. He is a raucous, embarrassing blow-hard. He insults
