RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At one point during one of his most unpresidential of days, President Trump insisted that he knew how to be presidential. ‘It’s much easier being presidential, it’s easy,’ he told a stadium full of more than 20,000 boisterous supporters in MAGA hats and T-shirts cheering his every word on Thursday night. ‘All you have to do is act like a stiff.’ He buttoned his suit coat, pursed his lips, squared his shoulders and dropped his arms rigidly at his sides. ‘Ladies and gentlemen of Texas,’ he then droned in a sleep-inducing staccato monotone the way he imagined most of the other 44 presidents had done. ‘It is a great honor to be with you this evening.’ The crowd loved it, roaring with laughter…After 1,000 days in office, Mr. Trump has redefined what it means to be presidential. On the 1,001st day of his tenure, which was Thursday [10-17-19], all pretense of normalcy went out the window.”
–Peter Baker, “On Day 1,001, Trump Made It Clear: Being ‘Presidential’ Is Boring,” The New York Times online, October 18, 2019