I **have** read all the way to the end, sir, and I'm well aware of the Dickens Scrooge's transformation. However, "scrooge" in pop culture remains a term for excessively miserly behavior, as in the Disney character Scrooge McDuck.

As for any transformation on Trump's part, the fruit sure isn't showing it. It doesn't take much class and discernment to realize that telling people affected by a hurricane to have a good time, and referring to a woman as bleeding from her "whatever" are both in bad taste, yet Trump failed on both counts. Granted, it's not fair to expect perfection, but just how low do you expect people to set the bar?