Our obsession with the Presidential Potty Mouth, and the rebuke from countries he besmirched, obscures the horrible judgment about immigrants reflected by his statement.
Sen. John McCain and former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama recently spoke out about Trumpism. But all three stopped short of mentioning Donald Trump by name.
This is the vice-presidential prisoner's dilemma: There is no distance he can achieve and no political support he can muster to survive the fallout from a failed presidency.