IF I WERE AN ASSISTANT EDITOR OF 'THE NEW YORK TIMES', I WOULD ALSO OFFER REPORTERS THESE POSSIBLE STORY IDEAS:

--President Trump appears to have gained lots of weight over the course of his first term of office as Head of State. Are there any observers of the President who maintain that he is at risk of contracting diabetes or having a heart attack?

The most recent U.S. President to sustain a heart attack while in office was President Eisenhower in the early 1950s. How did the heart attack sustained by Mr. Eisenhower affect his own ability to perform his official duties as Chief of State?

---Is there any evidence that the percentage of all Americans who pursue entrepreneurialism has increased significantly during Donald Trump's first term of office as U.S. President? If not, what does this indicate about President Trump's style of leadership, when Mr. Trump has long presented himself as being the "patron saint" of entrepreneurialism in America.

---Has President Trump during his first term in the White House ever once expressed concern about a fresh-water river or fresh-water lake in the U.S. where the water is so polluted that the river or lake is "dying", or where the water is so polluted that it is unsafe for Americans to swim in that river or lake, or where the water is so polluted that it cannot be safely used as a source of tap water?

---Are there theologians and members of the clergy in the United States who maintain that President Trump's professions of being a leading exponent of the Christian religion are sharply contradicted by his acknowledged hatred of, and vindictive or punitive style toward, those whom he regards as being "enemies" or "critics" of himself? Those religious observers of Mr. Trump might point out that the Christian theology would advise anyone, including a Chief of State, to "love" his "enemies". Has Mr. Trump ever even addressed this issue, that he appears to defy his cited Christian heritage through his repeated and consistent refusal to "love" his critics or "enemies"?

--Who is Donald Trump's leading religious adviser? A profile on "Donald Trump's leading Christian adviser" might be intriguing.

---Are there any advisers to President Trump who have privately discussed with him a scenario in which it might be preferable for this entire country if he were to simply resign from office, rather than subject our entire nation to the very time-consuming impeachment process?

---Has any observer of the Trump Presidency noted a possible irony in his strong emphasis as a businessman on establishing and operating resort hotels in numerous foreign nations. That emphasis conveys the message that Mr. Trump admires foreign countries and wants Americans to embrace those foreign countries through Americans' role as tourists spending money overseas. As Chief of State, however, Mr. Trump's repeated and very emphatic message is that he DISTRUSTS OR DISLIKES A VARIETY OF FOREIGN NATIONS, and that he wants Americans to spend their money on products and services that originate in the "U.S.A.", rather than in a foreign nation.

---Are there any social psychologists or sociologists who maintain that Xenophobia is one of the leading traits of the Donald Trump Presidency? If so, how do psychologists and sociologists explain that possibly widespread or rampant Xenophobia in Mr. Trump's style as Chief of State?

--Do any psychologists or social psychologists see irony in the fact that globally-infamous Xenophobe Donald Trump is in fact married to a woman who immigrated to the United States from a foreign nation. If Mr. Trump is urging everyone in the U.S. to "buy American", then how can he explain his own decision to "import" a foreign citizen as his own chosen bride in his personal life?

---Is there any case in which President Trump has cited anti-nepotism laws as a reason for not hiring, or as a reason for his deciding against appointing, any given applicant to a position of employment in the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government? If so, how can that case be reconciled with abundant evidence that Mr. Trump himself has presided over flagrant nepotism in the White House that allegedly or possibly involves a son of his or 
son-in-law Jared Kushner or Mr. Trump's wife, First Lady Melania Trump.

---Which fashion designer deserves or claims primary credit for the fashion statement that the First Lady in the White House makes to the entire world? Does Mrs. Trump have any "deal" or "contract" with that fashion designer, and if so, is that involvement fully in compliance with the law?

---Are there those who maintain that all the daily outrage over President Trump's policies and conduct has protected the current Vice President, Mr. Pence, from being subjected to public scrutiny he would have otherwise faced? Do any observers also claim that Mr. Pence has come across as "angelic" when compared with Mr. Trump, and that this very "halo effect" has possibly contributed to a misleading perception by many that Mr. Pence is "innocent and good" during this period in which his immediate supervisor, Mr. Trump, is being labeled as "guilty and bad".

---When was the most recent federal law approved by Congress that provides criminal-law penalties on anyone subjecting a resident of or visitor to the United States to a thought-control project? How effective has enforcement of any such law been? Has President Donald Trump ever at any time during his first term ever once stated that he personally opposes thought-control projects?
One nationally-famous Boston-based attorney did comment to me on the telephone from his law office several years ago, during a long-distance phone call I made to his law office from Austin, Texas, that he as an attorney believes there was in fact a federally-sponsored thought-control project in the Boston area that allegedly occurred in the 1980s.