By now, if you follow politics even casually, you’ve probably heard about what’s being called the “Sharpie Meeting.” This was a cabinet meeting—one that should have been focused on war, intelligence, and economic fallout—where President Donald Trump spent several minutes talking about Sharpie markers. Not as a quick aside, but as a detailed story about how he supposedly saved the government money by replacing expensive pens with $5 Sharpies. It’s a strange moment, and underst