Trump-proof

In advance of his farewell address next week, the president has tried to Trump-proof a climate pact that commits the world’s second leading producer of earth-warming pollutants — the United States — to making this little orb of ours a less perilous place for Sasha [Obama]’s and Malia [Obama]’s and Ivanka [Trump]’s kids.

“Probably the best advice to Trump-proof your finances is to become an asset superman,” says Carla Dearing, CEO of SUM180, a financial wellness service. […] Municipal bonds could be attractive to Trump-proof a portfolio because you generally don’t pay federal taxes on income. […] Making sure you are sufficiently diversified is probably the best way to Trump-proof your portfolio.

Europe, the UK and Ukraine urgently need to “Trump-proof” their collective security by setting up a “Nato bank” to aid defence spending, a report suggests.

“The power of the presidency is such that it is quite difficult to Trump-proof agencies and programs from someone who is determined to break the guardrails and shift the direction of the country if the courts and Congress fail to play their proper role of constraining that overreach,” said Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and close Biden ally.

“We’ve been Trump-proofing the place,” said Elizabeth Ashford, a political consultant who has worked for governors on both sides of the aisle and was Kamala Harris’s chief of staff when she was California’s attorney general.

Another: “We need a rigorous screening process with 100% accuracy and a 20 ft. high Trump-proof fence around all of St. Petersburg.”

The primary process might not be Trump-proof, but the democratic governing process, as outlined by the Constitution, is designed to stifle would-be dictators and buffoons.

And more importantly, is your money and family Trump-proof?