If he runs for president, he will have stiff competition, all of whom are much better than Donald Trump.

Whether or not the missiles were intentionally aimed at Poland, they constitute an Article 5 violation. That’s why they constitute a very real diplomatic test of the Biden administration’s vow to defend NATO’s territorial integrity against military attack.

Opportunities are flourishing here. It’s now possible for students to remain here after school and enter a job market that will provide pathways to good-paying, fulfilling livelihoods. But we must be diligent in our path forward.

Granted, he never really left. Unlike other former presidents, Donald Trump didn’t disappear from the daily news cycle once he departed the White House. Thanks to his legal troubles, the hearings into the Jan. 6 insurrection and his diarrheic spewing in speeches and online, he has remained a constant presence.

Assuming that he becomes speaker of the House, which will require the near-unanimous support of his caucus and isn’t necessarily a forgone conclusion, he’s signing up for the most miserable experience of any congressional leader since John Boehner barely controlled a Republican House majority in the Obama years.

Donald Trump had taken America on one of those dark amusement park rides, but like them, the thrill loses its punch through repetition. On the first go-through, scary ghosts and demons jump out at you. By the third time, however, the screeches are anticipated. You start noticing the peeling paint and hear the creaking machinery.

Just as farmers work diligently to maintain a rich and fertile soil for their crops, we need to sustain and fertilize the democratic foundations which support our electoral process. The efforts of town clerks, poll workers, and the public safety professionals who protect them are essential to ensure the integrity of our elections, the primary “constitutional means” by which the will of the people is determined.