Trump, 'stable genius'

It reads like a horror story, an almost comic immorality tale

The essence of irony, Henry Fowler wrote in  A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, is that it “postulates a double audience” — one that’s in on the joke, and another that isn’t. The title of Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig’s new book, A Very Stable Genius, is thus savvy marketing. It’s possible to imagine both Donald J. Trump’s detractors and his admirers eagerly grasping a copy.

The admirers will not make it past the table of contents. Among the chapter titles: “Unhinged,” “Shocking the Conscience,” “Paranoia and Pandemonium” and “Scare-a-Thon.” This verbiage makes Mr Rucker and Ms Leonnig’s book sound like