. . . And Welcome Back, Mr. Trump
Let us seize the moment to tidy up a point of honor.

A number of readers have been asking us about Mr. Trump — or more precisely, Trump. They’ve noticed that in a second reference to most persons we use Mr., Ms., Miss, or Mrs. Yet we have lately dropped the honorific for the 45th president. The reason is that the Sun hews to a generations long newspaper tradition of dropping the honorific for persons convicted of a felony. It would be Mr. Trump if acquitted but Trump if convicted.
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