The Republican Fausts

David Brooks:

“...it is hard to think of any administration in recent memory, on any level, whose identity is so tainted by cruelty. The Trump administration is often harsh and never kind. It is quick to inflict suffering on the 8-year-old Syrian girl who’s been bombed and strafed and lost her dad. Its deportation vows mean that in the years ahead, the TV screens will be filled with weeping families being pulled apart.”

(a slight correction to Mr. Brooks - the 8 year old was an American citizen.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/opinion/the-republican-fausts.html?smid=tw-nytdavidbrooks&smtyp=cur