Nigeria, March 12 -- The critics are utterly beside themselves in trying to understand the bruising odds and turns of Donald J. Trump, the reality showman and business tycoon who became US president twice. One particular group that has become prominent is the aggrieved and estranged. Former employees who were given their marching orders after brief spells in Trump's administration have made a career in podcasting and punditry on the man whose bilious orbit they seemingly cannot escape. A common theme to their recent criticism is that of mental health. Trump, we are told, is unhinged, a true nutter.

The aggrieved, war-loving John Bolton, who had spells in the administration of George W. Bush and a brief one as Trump's national security ad...