India, Aug. 21 -- From multiple mainstream news sources, a disturbing picture has emerged of how President Donald Trump spends his time. He remains fixated on a narrow set of concerns: quickly building monuments to his own "greatness", such as a giant arch to remake the skyline of Washington, DC; clamping down on immigration and pursuing his vain quest to end birthright citizenship; pressuring congressional Republicans to pass his SAVE act designed to make it harder for American citizens to vote; securing a more restrictive nuclear deal with Iran than the one achieved by Barack Obama; and his own sagging popularity, which he insists is vastly understated by public opinion polls.

In the past, a president who showed so little concern for t...