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As Donald J. Trump roared out of the gate with a barrage of radical executive orders, blathering rhetorical weaves and handing out ill-considered pardons to boot, many Americans of our acquaintance succumbed Monday to uncharacteristic cynicism. Metaphorically speaking, although in a few hardy cases also literally speaking, they took a walk by the lake.

Or cleared out the basement. Or concentrated on college football. Or just felt glad they did not have to sit watching the inauguration while cameras watched them.