In a meeting with House Republicans today, Donald Trump blithely referred to Articles I, II, and XII of the U.S. Constitution. The bigger headline was his other, more contentious meeting with Senate Republicans, where he insulted and offered to oppose Senators of his own party.

The remark about the nonexistent Article XII of the Constitution is more important, however.

Back during the primaries, Trump addressed students at conservative Christian Liberty University and referenced "Two Corinthians," rather than "Second Corinthians." The foul there is of course that in the process of attempting to pander to his Christian audience he showed that, despite his claim that the Bible is his favorite book, he's not really all that familiar with it. This is of course hypocritical, but not too surprising. He still got the endorsement of Liberty's Jerry Falwell Jr., demonstrating he probably doesn't care that much about the Bible either.

Today, then, Trump was asked what he would do to defend Article I of the Constitution, which covers the powers and responsibilities of Congress. Trump is quoted as having replied ‘I want to protect Article I, Article II, Article XII.’ This time, while trying to pander to his Congressional audience, despite intending to declare his desire to defend the Constitution, he demonstrated he's not too familiar with it. This is worse than Sarah Palin trying to bluff her way out of a question about what news sources she reads. Presidential Candidates should be expected to have an above-average familiarity with the U.S. Constitution.

The sad and dangerous truth is, however, that Trump doesn't care that much about it. His entire career is built on bluffing his way through real-estate and marketing deals. "This will be the best ever. Believe me. It's a beautiful thing," etc. Trump never really means any of those things, because it's all just a sales pitch to him. Get people to agree to the deal, then do whatever you want. That's shifty and vile in a business person. It's downright dangerous in a President.