Crispin Sartwell's Analysis

The author Crispin Sartwell introduces the topic by stating that wax statues of leaders were getting auctioned at DC. He talks about commenters and other professors who disagree on many common issues on which everyone was disagreeing. He says that the real hatred of the commenters can be seen when they talk about Donald Trump speech style. The commenters panic themselves about Trump tweets or un-prepared statements in public and at CIA headquarters; also argues that the president of United States can’t do so. The commenters consider Trump as being ‘mentally ill’ and as ‘narcissistic sociopath’. Sartwell argues that the commenters/professors should develop interpretive ability to understand about Trump speech and comments. He then gave the
example of Trump’s speech at the CIA headquarter. Trump praised the people at CIA although he said that US ‘should have taken Iraq’s oil’. Trump is being facetious but people like Rachel Maddow misunderstood it with change of military policy. Sartwell says that Trump has more verbal improvisational ability than most other politicians.

Sartwell says that the pundits (commenters) always wished to have leaders which remain like a wax statue. He says that words do matter. A mere comment cannot be considered with an executive order. He says that the pundits need to develop a more facts based ‘exaggerated statement’. Moreover, the commenters need to develop an interpretive skill which could understand what a human (Trump) speaks and not a wax statue. Lastly Sartwell ends by saying that he does oppose some of Trump policies but he was happier as the American Wax Presidency got ended.