As the media blast out dire warnings about the destructive power of Hurricane Florence, they are also beginning a familiar ritual involving President Trump. That is, the charge that he’s not very good at handling these things. The storm hasn’t even made landfall, and once again we’re hearing that Trump is lousy at emergency management and that he’s tone deaf when it comes to providing aid and comfort. As this Politico headline put it yesterday, “Trump Struggles to Embrace Consoler-in-Chief Role.” Now this was a major narrative last year. While FEMA was credited with doing an excellent job after monster hurricanes in Texas and Florida, there was constant carping that Trump didn’t show the proper degree of empathy, that he didn’t wade into crowds and hug people. That, of course, is not his style—he’s not a feel-your-pain guy like Bill Clinton or Barack Obama—and doesn’t fit the traditional conception of how a politician should behave. (And, of course, there was the media tantrum about Melania taking off in stilett
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