By the New York Times Editorial Board
What if there were some issue, some cause, some job that Donald Trump could take on as president, something he could unite many people behind, a mission even his bitterest critics could applaud?
And what if this effort did not benefit cronies or corporations, but instead protected the lives and dignity of vulnerable, disadvantaged Americans, members of one of the few such groups Mr. Trump did not demean during the campaign?
And what if this goal were realistic, involving something Mr. Trump is actually good at, playing to his professional strengths?
The job is this: building housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles. That city and county have long had one of the largest concentrations of homeless veterans in the country. They also have one of the country’s largest Veterans Affairs medical centers — on 387 prime acres in West Los Angeles — but not one unit of permanent supportive housing to help destitute veterans leave the streets for good.
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