"You can't call him crazy, because it isn't fair to crazy people", writes Adam Gopnik.
"You can't compare him to a four-year-old because four-year-old children are not in fact tyrannical or egotistical".
Six months into Donald Trump's presidency, Adam Gopnik searches - almost in vain - for a descriptive category to fit.
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
Published on Friday, 14th July 2017.
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