Reagan speechwriter takes on Trump

Alternet -   Peggy Noonan, who served as primary speechwriter to a widely-admired Republican president, is now warning President Donald Trump that his own administration is taking the “republic” out of “Republicanism.”

“It was strange that Mr. Trump didn’t prepare the country for any possible repercussions,” Noonan wrote for The Wall Street Journal in a Thursday op-ed. “A somber admission that U.S. actions in Iran might be followed by serious counteraggression was needed, and is part of the president’s responsibility.”

The adviser-turned-commentator argued that, even though republics require popular consent for all major policy decisions, American policy under Trump is instead dictated by the president’s moods.