Obama’s hubris is on the loose

Donald Trump, sure to be a mystery to future historians, is heading for his preordained crackup, tripping over a tongue bigger even than his hands. To some, his performance has been appalling, not to mention frightening. To others, though, it has been downright fortunate. Among other things, Trump has averted our eyes from Barack Obama.

It was during the recent Trump circus that The Atlantic magazine published a comprehensive and remarkable series of interviews with the president conducted by Jeffrey Goldberg. The article was titled “The Obama Doctrine,” and such it was. The doctrine, as we all know, comes down -- in its bowdlerized version -- to not doing “stupid stuff.” Trouble is, the doctrine itself falls into that category.