It is annoying that even the brave Bill Leak is filled with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Apparently Melania told her speech writer that she admired Michelle Obama, the speech writer took a couple of passages from Michelle’s speech and put it in Melania’s and Donald Trump has refused to sack the speech writer. That this absolute nothing has become anything of the frenzied talking point it has is a reminder of how corrupt the media has become. It is also something of a sign of how little there really is to criticise Trump about that won’t resonate with most American voters.

Trump embraced the swirling attention.

“Good news is Melania’s speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press!” Trump said on Twitter.

What a maelstrom of contending views surround a presidential candidate. How anyone can keep a calm weather eye in the midst of it I’ll never know but Donald is more likely to do it than anyone.