Opinion | Donor announces breakthrough operation of separating Trump from his hatred

But he has come out of it — alive, if not intact, which was the point.“I have known Donald Trump for 40 years,” Stephen Ross, owner of SoulCycle and Equinox Fitness clubs, and megadonor to President Trump, said in a statement upon attempting this risky operation of separating the president into palatable parts, “and while we agree on some issues, we strongly disagree on many others, and I have never been bashful about expressing my opinions. This was just the usual operation: a man being severed from his conscience.Read more from Alexandra Petri:In alarming teleprompter slip-up, Trump condemns white supremacy instead of tacitly endorsing itDevastating news for America’s intelligenceCNN’s no-holds-barred Democratic debate to the death, recappedWe are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.