Sully Trashes Trump

   The big news this week is that Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, pilot of the airliner that he brought down on the Hudson River and who was last to leave the plane after all passengers and crew were rescued, has sharply criticized the prez for remarks on military casualties. 
   Also, prez demanded that a Fox news reporter be fired after she accurately described the story that he called military casualties "losers." This from Fox, usually an avid backer of all that prez does. But that applies mostly to the evening commentators. During the day, the news folk are closer to neutral. 
   Meanwhile, many are waiting to hear a comment from John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general who was also prez chief of staff and whose son was killed in Afghanistan. The report is that prez was with Kelly at the son's grave at Arlington National Cemetery when the prez mused, "why would anyone do that?" or words like that. 
   Prez has also criticized Kelly as washed up, someone who couldn't take the pressure of the White House job. 
   The New Yorker magazine is calling for Kelly to speak up. But others cite the military tradition of staying out of politics. That applies generally to those on active duty. Several retirees are trashing the prez. That includes commentators on news channels as well as Sullenberger. 
   I expect prez has crossed the ultimate line, and Kelly will speak. The journalist in me suggests he may wait a few days and a long essay will appear in next Sunday's newspapers.