Emmanuel Moses

  President Trump makes a statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas on October 2, 2017. Evan Vucci / AP Photo A Presidential Speech Steeped in Hypocrisy Trump would have done better to say a few things that sound real than a great many that sound false.Pre-presidential Trump was a man of many faults and vices, but one endearing quality: He was no hypocrite. He exaggerated his wealth, his success, his physical fitness, but he never pretended to religion or morality. Trump’s speech to the nation after the Las Vegas atrocity, however, was steeped in hypocrisy. He is the least outwardly religious president of modern times, the president least steeped in scripture. For him to offer the consolations of God and faith after mass bloodletting is to inviFor once, Trump read the speech exactly as written. Perhaps his aides talked him into it. Because Trump is not a good reader, he read the speech wrong. And because it sounded wrong, he looked bad. Nevertheless, Trump had...