Is Trump a seasoned umpire, a rookie umpire or a journeyman?

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Three umpires are asked the same question: how do you call ball or strike.

For those not from the United States, an umpire is an official who watches a game or match closely to enforce the rules and arbitrate on matters arising from the play in baseball.

The youngest, a rookie umpire is asked: how do you call ball or strike? The rookie umpire answers confidently: I call it the way it is.

The journeyman who has been judging the game for quite a few years, says: you are a rookie. I call it the way I see it.

The seasoned umpire, decades doing the job says: you are both rookies. It ain’t nothing till I call it.

Most of us, in the game of life, are rookies. ‘He is great‘, ‘he lies‘, ‘the weather is bad‘… all rookie talk.

Some, more sophisticated and more successful in life say: ‘I see that your husband is a narcissist‘… or ‘I see that this Covid is not quite the epidemic it is touted to be‘.

And the rare specimen of us say: it ain’t nothing till I call it, and they thrive where the rookie and the journeyman plod and talk and try to cope. They call the shot.