Deepening social divides along political lines, thanks to Donald's pension for division,

a tanking economy thanks to Donald's disastrous economic policies, devastating uncertainty

about our country's future thanks to a regime that is following the fascist playbook

specifically designed for the purpose.

We in America are in the middle of a perfect storm of

catastrophes that no one is less equipped to manage than Donald. He'd be incapable of doing so even

if he wanted to, not because he likes things just the way they are, the chaos, the fear, the anger, which he does, of course, but because there's a new twist here that he is incapable of adjusting to.

Donald, perhaps the first time in his life, has lost the ability to control the narrative.

The strategy of lying, spinning, and obfuscating

isn't effective anymore, and where, at least to a certain group of people, he once looks strong

and forceful and full of fight, he now appears diminished to the point of impotence. So how does Donald escape this particular nightmare he

slept his way into? Well, here's the thing. He can't. And he knows it. And that knowledge is

driving him crazier than he already was. Part of the problem for Donald and for us, of course, is that he has in some sense always

been institutionalized, shielded from his limitations, or his need to succeed on his own

in the world because there was always somebody there with more money, more intelligence,

and more power to bail him out, prop him up, or burnish the myth about him.

My grandparents' house, his Trump Tower triplex, the West Wing, all of these are controlled

environments in which Donald's material needs have always been taken care of by other people.

His jobs have been a series of

sinecures, essentially, in which the work was done by others, although, of course, he happily

took credit for it. Donald never needed to acquire expertise. He has never ever done the actual job of the presidency.

As a consequence, Donald has not only been protected from having to acknowledge his failures,

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