If Wishes Were Allowed for Thanksgiving, I'd Wish for President Trump to Grow Up

People have a fondness for saying about President Donald Trump, "I don't care what he says. I care what he does."For many professions that might be applicable. For, say, a professional athlete or movie star. A public servant, on the other hand, gets held to a higher standard - as they should be. Donald Trump doesn't get a pass from that standard because he's president. In fact, it should be higher.Recent actions by Trump suggest he thinks the presidency is all about loyalty to him rather than him serving the public. He sees himself as a "boss" when in fact, he's just the hired help. Trump doesn't understand the distinction which was made all too evident in several recent tweets about the UCLA basketball players arrested in China on shoplifting charges.Trump put in a word for the players with President Chinese President Xi Jinping and proceeded to take all of the credit when the players were released.Fast forward a few days and LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball, suggested Trump didn't have much to do with securing his son's release. When asked about Trump's role, the elder Ball replied, "Who? What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out."Ball's words got back to President Trump. Instead of shrugging the comments off or just going about his day, the president took to Twitter, blasting Ball and saying he was, "...unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!"  Continue reading...