Stop Pretending Donald Trump Has Ideas

Please stop talking about the “Trump policies” or Donald Trump’s “ideas.” And this means you, Joe Scarborough — do not suggest that there is anything resembling a Trump “doctrine.”

Donald Trump does not have ideas. He does not have a doctrine. He has no theories, policies, no understanding of history, and no concept of the future. All he has are impulses, grudges, panics, meltdowns, and — his greatest strength and his greatest weakness — an almost-feral ability to focus on whatever will get him what he wants in this exact moment. Not a minute from now, not a…