“Trump’s Diplomatic Journey to the Bottom” (2016)

“It has been a bumpy ride in 2016 for civil political discourse and behavior in America, with one primary motivating force. Man of the Year, one DJT. The man now newly enshrined as our P-E for one rocky month of thrills and chills for the rest of us forced to ride along.

“At one time, many entertained some hope Trump was in deliberate candidate wacko mode. At least some observers said so, as they quietly prayed under their collective breath that, Lord Willing, it might possibly be so.

“Since election night, the one thing Trump has amply proven by word and deed, over and over, is that there was no different candidate Trump. There is no pivot. Trump is just a roiling mass of uncontrolled id aggression, with no inner self-reflection mode, no principled codes, no fixed moral compass, no faith based standards of behavior and demeanor. He is greed and impulse powered, unconstrained by empathy, humility, or wisdom.” […]     —laredstick, NoWayTrump (2016)