[Andrew Mandelbaum]

The most incredible thing about the whole mess is that it is forcing Trump to keep engaging with various subsets of people in a way that he has been able to avoid so far and as he does so it becomes more and more apparent that there is not a completely formed person hiding behind the schtick. He really is a small minded idiot deeply fascinated by his own reflection and little else. Like for real. Not "I just don't like him so I call him an idiot" but a for reals mindless thug is in charge of a nuclear super power. I think in the editorials that are popping up everywhere, that shoe is finally dropping for some who thought maybe behind the groping schmuck was something viable. But....no. At least some of the most vile subsets of American politics have tied themselves to this anvil as it is edged closer and closer to the precipice of bat shit crazy. Just read that Economist interview. Prime the pump. Awesome.