andy puzder

Throughout the campaign and the transition period leading up to the Inauguration, whenever Donald Trump was caught lying or tweeting something outrageous we were told by his acolytes that we should ignore his words and instead pay attention to his deeds. Kellyanne Conway, Trump's Queen of Bull, who has moved from campaign manager to White House counselor, actually has argued that what he says should not be taken literally, even telling CNN's Chris Cuomo, "You always want to go with what's come out of his mouth rather than look at what's in his heart."

Well, we're journalists, not cardiologists but okay, by that standard, President Trump's inaugural address was of a piece, much of it appealing to his core constituency -- white workers and the middle class angry that they've been left out of the good times, as indeed they have been. But the speech was hollow rhetoric when compared to all the things Trump and his fledgling administration actually have done in just the last few weeks and hours.