"...surely in such a situation trust should be a priority?"

That is essentially what Trump's spokespeople are telling us. "All this negativity is not helpful", they say."Give the man who was 'legally elected' a chance."

All we can do is look at the clearest accounts of data about him we can find and read his words and decide whether any of it seems *trustworthy*. The polls show that fewer are 'trusting' every day.

Here, all *I* can do is similar reading of various comments and asking myself how they relate to what went before and whether I can see any positive patterns. Right now, I see a few remarks from a few posters who try being overshadowed by a running battle between you, Ake, with your digressions, and Jim, who feels obligated to challenge you on HIS reading of those digressions.

I think we have reached the dead end that Steve Shaw predicted.. I did get some interesting commentary on the issue... and even the digressions are enlightening in their own way.

Ok, mods... shut 'er down. I'll let those who care PM me if they have anything monumental to add.