That is what I was trying to say, fed up maritimer. With the intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the election, President Trump had a good opportunity to learn that he has lots of reasons to rely on the assessments of the different bodies that exist specifically to make such assessments, because his own ability to make assessments is fallible.

But, as far as we can see, his early experience has not helped him learn as much. In fact, he continues to react, by which I mean retaliate to an input by activating some skin-deep part of himself that does not allow him to process the input. Other kinds of responses would allow him to evaluate at some depth.

As for the nuclear trigger, I live in hope that, long ago someone would have quietly replaced that kit with an inert box to which has been taped one of those "That was easy!" buttons. The button's only justification was based on the doctrine of "mutually assured destruction," and no one talks about that any more.