Is the president mentally fit for the job?

Rick Wilson, a political journalist, said this about Donald Trump, whom he has known for a long time:   "You would not put this person in charge of a Waffle House, let alone the White House."

This was said in discussing the Michael Wolff book and its candid comments about the president's mental state from people who work closely with him every day.   Many of them are quoted as calling Trump, "an idiot," "a moron," "essentially illiterate."   Wolff summed up all his 200 interviews, saying that everyone agreed on one thing:   that he is incapable of functioning in the job as president.

But, folks, this cannot be !!!!    We have it on the highest authority from the person who is the president's closest and most ardent admirer, who sent out this tweet:

@realDonald Trump
"Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.   I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star . . . to President of the United States (on my first try).  I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius . . . and a very stable genius at that!"

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I'm torn between wanting to continue the mocking scorn and the reality of the abyss we're staring into.   Walter Schaub, until his recent resignation, was the chief ethics officer of the U.S. government.  His response to Trump's tweet:   "Forget the [Wolff] book.  This might be enough to lead the board of any corporation to call an emergency meeting on its CEO's mental status."

Ralph