The United States is being destroyed by the whims of an ignorant, deranged man. The only clear policy of the Trump administration is to take revenge on everyone Trump thinks has “wronged” him. Of course, the list of these “enemies” is just about endless. 

There are other sources of Trump’s whims: the neo-nazi Stephen Miller and the Christian-nationalist Russell Vought. Trump seems to believe whatever these dangerous ideologues tell him; they work mostly in secret and are surely the sources of many of Trump’s more destructive initiatives. Trump is too gaga to think up all the damage he is doing.

I have seen a photograph of Our Leader wearing a red cap that has on its front the words “Trump Was Right About Everything.” This reminds me of photos I’ve seen of Italy immediately after WWII that show empty streets and ruined walls with stenciled signs that say “Mussolini ha siempre ragione,” “Mussolini is always right.” If the Smithsonian survives, people may one day be able to see in its collection a battered hat that says “Trump was right about everything.”