Word Of The Day: Nincompoop

"Nincompoop: fool, simpleton." (From my trusty Merriam-Webster dictionary)

"Nincompoop" isn't a word you hear very often when discussing or reading about serious national issues. I would think it's used mostly by six-year-olds throwing shade on other six-year-olds. As best as I can recall I've only heard it used to describe an important or famous adult twice. Once was from Peggy Noonan, discussing Sarah Palin, which I (gleefully) wrote about here.

The second time was this morning, in an article titled "This Is What Incompetence Looks Like," at The Washington Post. Who was the author referring to? The current President of the United States:

While Trump’s top advisers go on television and describe him as a kind of living god with infallible judgment and superhuman accomplishments (“We have a president who has done more in three weeks than most presidents have done in an entire administration,” said [Stephen] Miller on Sunday), those a level or two below are rushing to the media to warn that their boss is a complete nincompoop. (Read the article here.) 

The article was posted Monday, prior to Micheal Flynn's "resignation," and events are only more chaotic as I'm writing on Wednesday morning. It looks like things are spiraling out of control at the Trump White House and there's no way yet to know how this all ends. I'll keep watching.