Day 1,950: rein in, toady, chancer

And that is because Mr Trump’s policies are worse, the world is more perilous and many of the sober, responsible people who reined in his worst instincts during his first term have been replaced by true believers, toadies and chancers.

A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks

Artwork of the day 
Reine de Joie
Henri_de_Toulouse_Lautrec
Date: 1892
Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
Genre: poster
Location: Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France
Dimensions: 136.5 x 93.3 cm

Word of the day 
rein in: to control something and stop it increasing:
toady: a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them:
chancer: a scheming opportunist: chameleon 

Quote of the day
“love is a hawk with velvet claws

love is a rock with heart and veins

love is a lion with satin jaws

love is a storm with silken reins”

― Kurt Vonnegut