President Trump made robo-calls and tweeted to help elect Ed Gillespie but as soon as Gillespie lost Trump made it clear who was to blame by tweeting: “Ed Gillespie… didn’t embrace me or what I stand for.”   

It’s a hard world. And it’s easy to understand why Trump didn’t want to be blamed. But offering a kind word the day after Ed Gillespie lost would have spoken better of Trump.