7/7-WATCHING THE UNFOLDING DETAILS OF THE TRUMP-PUTIN DRAMA THE WISE ONE THROWS HIMSELF UPON LINCOLN’S FAMOUS ADVICE, NAMELY, “I’LL SAY WHAT I BELIEVE TODAY THOUGH IT MAY CONTRODICT EVERYTHING I SAID YESTERDAY.

Another reason sports will continue to be more popular than politics is, when the score changes you know it instantaneously and at game’s end everybody knows who won.  In politics you come out with your honest opinion and hope you don’t have to apologize for it the next day – or an hour later.  Barry plays the game by confessing to a bit of a thrill-flutter at the “achievements” unfolding in Hamburg, Germany.