Bob Franken: Fools' Day

April Fools' Day has come and gone, but on the first of the month, I kept marveling at how -- starting even before he ran, continuing through his campaign and certainly since Inauguration Day -- Donald Trump has played us for a fool. Successfully, I might add.

After all, we elected him, or enough of us did.

Millions of people were and are attracted to his message of hate and ignorance -- that, combined with justified anger at the establishment.

Even though millions more did not vote for him, he and his operators finessed a Democratic candidate who frittered away the huge advantage of being far...