When I noticed that he was finally showing the strain I was glad. It makes me feel better that any President of the United States of America seems to be at least aware of the awesome responsibility he bears in that office. I was afraid he was going to sail through these years skimming on the surface like a scarcely ruffled duck.

Strangely, when I see the strain on his face, the testiness and barely contained anger, the tension of his body language, the physical wispiness he is acquiring, it makes me less sure that he is merely a pawn.