That’s a terrifying reality of the culture war from which most of the right prefers to look away. Gail: Not long before he announced that he was running for president, Trump went to an N.R.A. I think he’s debasing our political culture in ways we will be living with, and suffering from, for at least a generation. Gail: Well, I wrote a lot about what a jerk he’d been in New York for the last 30-odd years. That isn’t to say things might not still go horribly wrong, only that the habit of comparing Trump to despots of yore is off the mark and undermines the case against him.

Source: New York Times February 26, 2019 10:52 UTC