I just got around to reading Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” and my reaction was different from what I heard when the book came out.

Then the Rob Porter spouse-abuse scandal erupted – and highlighted what I took from Wolff: Trump is a total, bumbling, ignorant, incompetent fool. He is surrounded by total, bumbling, ignorant, incompetent fools. He turns anybody who works for him – no matter how able, talented, competent and experienced – into a total, bumbling, ignorant, incompetent fool.

Maybe Democrats ought to stop wetting their pants and setting their hair on fire every time Trump says or does something outrageous. Which is about six times a day. Maybe our hysterical overreaction forces Trump voters who are having second thoughts to instead cling more desperately to him.

Maybe it’s time to show Trump some of what Daniel Patrick Moynihan once called “benign neglect.” Focus on developing a positive message for changes that help Americans in a changing world, a challenging economy and an unsettling society. Change Congress this year. Let Robert Mueller do his thing – quietly, methodically and meticulously investigating Trump’s ties to Russia. Let Senator Burr decide whether to put party or country first.

We’ve got a long way to go. Save something for the end of the game.