Donald Trump is throwing out desperate distractions in all directions these days, disclaiming knowledge or responsibility where necessary . . . and already is building the framework of a “fraudulent” election in the likelihood he loses in November.

I got my copy July 20 of Mary Trump’s book: “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” It’s a relatively small book but well put together — the words thoughtfully chosen and not scattered about aimlessly and endlessly in a lying, self-serving way in the manner of her uncle, the president. I can’t presume to condense here this true picture of the entire Trump family that has been so aptly revealed. I can contribute best by enthusiastically recommending the book.

By comparison, any similar book put together (ghost-written) by our president — who is likely as not to misspell a Tweet — would need only a one-word title: “Me.”

Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, was asked the other day over MSNBC if she feared Donald would refuse to leave office if he lost the election. If he lost by a landslide, “I think Trump would be so narcissistically injured that he’ll do anything to spin himself away from that pain and he’ll figure something that’s even better than leading America, because we don’t deserve him.

“The other unknown factor is how people around him, who are benefitting enormously by the position and power he holds, will counsel him after the election, whether it’s close or not,” she said.

Many readers of Mary Trump’s book will find the ending consistent with the Shakespearian philosophy that “the ending is the chiefest thing of all” to wit: “. . . so far, he’s gotten away with everything.”

It’s tough to touch all bases involving Donald Trump, who can concoct lies faster than he can grab microphones these days. Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote (“The march toward a fascist dystopia”) “. . . And give him his due. Trump may have failed as a businessman, an airline mogul, a casino operator, a steak salesman and a human being, but he knows how to put on a show.

“He also knows every moment we spend talking about American fascism is a moment not spent talking about Russia putting a price on American heads, which in turn keeps us from talking about the more than 155,000 who’ve died of what Trump said would magically disappear.

“Even his distractions have distractions.”

My 10 years of weekly Leader blogs peaked in intensity during the fatal narcissism and self-serving stupidity of the Trump years. So my current mid-summer respite has been only temporary. My problems of the moment are fading motor skills and sorting through growing print-out files of things Donald Trump will claim he’s never said once he’s planted them in the public mind.

And there’s also no rom, for example, to quote lavishly from The Seattle Times’ lengthy editorial endorsing Joe Biden for President. Suffice to repeat: “The list of specific grievances against Trump is long. The latest outrage is deploying federal agents to Seattle and other cities in some cases, brutally . . .

“Biden can fix this mess.“

I’ve saved from July 14 a Donald’s to-do list of an endless anti-Biden, anti-liberal rant reported by The Washington Post. Lest he neglect striking one of his usual offhand blows justifying racism, he dismissed a question about the number of Black Americans killed by police, saying that law-enforcement officers kill “more white people.

As usual, he quoted no statistics, but the mangled mathematics was planted nonetheless in the pubic mind. “Why are African Americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country?” he was asked. “And so are white people.” he replied. “What a terrible question to ask. So are white people — more white people, by the way. More white people” (his voice hushed and reverent).

But only in total number is it more whites than Blacks shot and killed by police since 2015. Blacks made up 23% of those killed, while whites comprised 45% — whites represent 60% of the populace and Blacks only 13%.

JUST A FEW WORDS on Anthony S. Fauci who is pictured in this blog heading. Born Dec. 24, 1940, he has served since 1984, under six presidents, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. From 1983 to 2002 he was one of the world’s most-cited scientists in medical journals. Both The New Yorker and The New York Times have described him as one of the most-trusted medical figures in the United States.