Arrogance and Ignorance, a deadly mix

Interesting article by Joe Scarborough in The Washington Post, “Trump’s ignorance has created an international crisis.” In it, Scarborough argues that Trump is, in one way, like the late General Douglas MacArthur. Both the General and the president are famed for their boundless self-confidence, not so say arrogance.

The difference, though, is that MacArthur was a skilled tactician who knew his military history. Trump, by contrast, is just arrogant.

The combination of ignorance and egotism has been deadly in the past, and it may well be so again.

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Michael Jay Tucker is a writer and journalist who has published material on topics ranging from the Jazz Age to computers. (Among his small claims to fame is that he interviewed Steve Jobs just after that talented if complicated man got kicked out of Apple, and just before the company’s Board came begging him to come back.)



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