No, this isn’t about one of the Supreme Court Justices flushing a toilet during the telephone arguments. It is about being the dissenting voice in an administration. The jester is supposed to present the opposing viewpoint when a President is surrounded by people telling him to do something without considering the effect may not be what is planned. A recent example was Colin Powell telling Bush II to really think about not invading Iraq. His “you break it, you bought it” words were over-ridden by Cheney and his cadre of hawks.

This President fires anyone who tries to give him conflicting advice. He found Dr. Anthony Fauci to have twice the popularity and believability rating in polls as he does. Fauci had to correct Trump on a daily basis. He tried to get rid of him in early April and was told by everyone – don’t! Yesterday he thought he could by getting rid of the whole task force and today he said he didn’t know how popular Fauci is, I bet. Every time somebody disagrees with Trump, they are gone.

Every President needs a jester to keep them from going off the deep end. Some, like Trump, have lost touch with reality and live in their own make-believe world. Reagan’s last couple of years was run by Nancy and some of his closest advisors. She protected him and they protected the country. We could use those people today to see the people’s lives wins out over the economy and ego. Trump fires jesters.