The Editorial Board, The Sunday Review, May 7, 2017<\/p>\n
In his victory speech early on Nov. 9, President Trump told<\/a> the nation:<\/p>\n \u201cHillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. I mean that very sincerely. Now it\u2019s time for America to bind the wounds of division,\u201d adding that the country had to \u201cget together.\u201d<\/p>\n In her concession speech hours later, Hillary Clinton said<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cOur campaign was never about one person, or even one election. It was about the country we love and building an America that is hopeful, inclusive, and big-hearted \u2026 We must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n That was then. Six months on, both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton are still waging last year\u2019s campaign, undermining their promises to help America heal.<\/p>\n This is particularly offensive \u2014 and more than a little pathetic \u2014 coming from Mr. Trump, who after all has a nation to run. Nearly four months after his inauguration, he has filled fewer than 30 of the top 500 Senate-confirmed positions in the federal government, is mired in challenges to his domestic agenda and a bog of ethical problems, and faces increased belligerence abroad. Yet he continues to hack away at Mrs. Clinton in remarks and on Twitter, and to rhapsodize about his campaign. Foreign allies have begun ridiculing Mr. Trump for this fixation, diplomats say, advising one another that the way to gain advantage is by flattering him on his \u201chistoric\u201d Electoral College win.<\/p>\n With no concrete accomplishments to boast about, and nothing meaningful to offer the working people to whom he promised jobs and a revived industrial America, Mr. Trump repeatedly returns to the campaign trail, seeking solace by stoking resentment of the \u201celites\u201d and basking in the adulation of the faithful. A little over a week ago, he marked his 100th day in office with a \u201ccampaign rally<\/a>\u201d in Harrisburg, Pa., opening with a tribute to \u201cthe wonderful beautiful state of Pennsylvania,\u201d which \u201ccarried us to a big beautiful victory on Nov. 8!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anybody remember who our opponent was?\u201d he asked the crowd, setting off the familiar chant, \u201cLock her up.\u201d<\/p>\n Nothing in recent history can match the sorry spectacle of a sitting president so desperate for adoration and so indifferent to actual governing that the only satisfaction he can get is from perpetuating the campaign.<\/p>\n Yet Mrs. Clinton, a person of greater substance, also seems unable to shake free.<\/p>\n