Aesop never met Donald Trump. Had he done so − had he been inspired to conjure a figure remotely like the U.S. President − he might have written a fable rooted in Mr. Trump’s conundrum as he seeks ...

The Hare lay down in the sun and fell asleep. The Tortoise kept going. Slowly, steadily he moved across the field and by evening time he was getting close to the finishing tree. Still the Hare slept ...