Now it’s CNN’s fault. The news network is doing a poor job of “representing” the United States of America around the world, says the president of the United States.

There you go. It’s not the president who’s representing the greatest nation Earth. The man says it’s CNN’s responsibility.

Hey, Mr. President. It’s your job! You’re the man whose job is to carry the U.S. torch around the world.

Donald John Trump had tweeted a message extolling how Fox News is more important than CNN. Imagine my (non)surprise with that one, if you can. Fox’s commentators are among the president’s major media fans. They speak glowingly of him, so that means Fox is the go-to media outlet in Trump’s view.

He fired off that tweet about CNN. The network answered the president, telling him that it’s CNN’s job to “report the news” and that it’s Trump’s job to be the nation’s standard-bearer.

A man who understands the presidency would know that. Someone with any knowledge of the institution he now leads would grasp the importance of the office, the majesty it commands and the decorum that’s required of the individual who occupies it.

Trump doesn’t get it. He likely never will. He’ll continue to engage in petty, stupid, insipid Twitter tirades.

He’ll continue to diminish his office.

So very sad.