He is, alas, the President

Context: "‪I have a question to all of those who hate Trump. Can any of you say anything nice about him besides ugly, rude, or ill things? Also, if you can’t say anything nice just stay quiet & walk away!"

—lloydmorman79.bsky.social‬ ‪@lloydmorman79.bsky.social‬

It would be different if he were not President.

I was raised with "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything."

But he is President. That puts him outside the bounds of polite courtesy.

He is of course a child of God; we are all but grass.

But he is the President, alas.

• Post @ Bluesky (9 March 2025)

By "outside the bounds of polite courtesy" I mean the President, as a public official, must take the heat from anyone who criticizes him.

"The buck stops here," as Harry Truman put it.