That's the last word from Douthat's Sunday NYTimes opinion--and that's the argument, Douthat says, that the Republicans will be making.
When Trump Gets His Alligator
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In the Ukraine scandal, the guardrails protecting the president from his worst impulses broke down. Makes complete sense.
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And of course he wants alligators and poisonous snakes on the Rio Grande border. The Economist totted up the cost of his schemes. The total, including water pumps, electrified flesh piercing spikes--and shooting migrants in the legs--would add up to approximately $30 bn...
His strategies remain an intriguing form of narcissism and psychopathology, but as long as the economy keeps puffing along, who cares? This is all a different swamp than the Washington one. Obviously, the president wants to show how ferocious he is, rather than govern.