You could pick out of a hat the name of any one of these Democrats — or virtually any Democratic governor or senator — to come up with someone, unlike Trump, who understands the role of a free press in a democracy, the scientific consensus on climate change, the definition of “trade deficit” (it’s not a bill we have to pay), the importance of an independent Federal Reserve Board, the conclusive proof that Russia interfered with our election, the value of NATO, the proper relationship between military and civilian leaders, the value of immigration, the meaning of Independence Day and “Western-style liberalism,” the contents of our Constitution, the substance of the Mueller report, the status of Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory (with U.S. citizens!), the lack of connection between windmills and cancer, the danger in showing obsequiousness to dictators, the terms of the Iran nuclear deal, the difference between “treason” and “a lawful investigation,” the words to “God Bless America,” the rationale for prohibiting receipt of foreign emoluments, the purpose of a charitable foundation, the necessity of serving Americans who did not vote for you, the responsibilities inherent in the presidential oath of office, the cause of forest fires, the names of some of the “very best” people to serve in government, the rules of golf, the importance of the president’s daily intelligence briefing, the impropriety of hugging the American flag, the popular-vote victory of Hillary Clinton in 2016, the ability to buy cereal without an ID, the nonexistence of “clean coal” and the attorney general’s actual client.