A sick Trump is a weak Trump. A weak Trump is nothing to fear, and that’s the end. If enemies *do not fear* this president, there’s *no point to* this president.https://t.co/1EbhZAHNDT
Getting sick is Trump’s worst nightmare. Even if he recovers, he cannot credibly maintain (among people who find it credible) his image of infallibility—the idea he’s invincible.https://t.co/3VogFhgrjr
Masochism is the ego state of suicide bombers, literal and political. It is a phenomenon nearly everyone understands but ignores collectively till it’s too late.https://t.co/WZE9zUD3j0
The reaction among pundits seems to reflect divisions in the pundit corps itself. There are those who want a return to boring old politics and there are those who don’t want to see such a return.https://t.co/zLDUOelwDb
To defeat extremism, we must create a new normal. We must work to establish a regime in which “conservatism” is bankrupt and liberalism—and its privileging of know-how, process, tolerance, duty and equity—is the new vital center.https://t.co/YRnOWWr4BH
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