The Instinct of a Leader

                          The Instinct of a Leader

Trump is being criticized for working "from his gut," ignoring his advisors and experts over the Virus. There is a lot of contradictory advice--and a lot of ignorance about the Virus--so what exact correct path he has ignored here is unclear.

Here is a hair-raising episode from the country's history, as recalled by Amity Shales:

"FDR informed his "brain trust" that he was considering raising the price of gold by 21 cents. His advisers asked why 21 cents was the appropriate figure. "It's a lucky number," stated Roosevelt, "because it's three times seven."

Henry Morgenthau, a member of the "brain trust," later wrote: "If anybody knew how we really set the gold price through a combination of lucky numbers, etc., I think they would be frightened."

We are not being governed by a lot of Socratic clones here. Lincoln is an outlier.