News Summary

• The first Trump presidency involved Trump tweeting insane things and the White House desperately trying to act normal in the aftermath.
• This second administration, and the new GOP, has leaned into Trump’s vibe, resulting in chaotic, incoherent, and abnormal political discourse.
• The Trump regime and its closest allies oscillate furiously between making Alligator Alcatraz memes and calling for violence against the shadowy forces of antifa domestic terrorism.
• Even when individual speakers are not engaged in this dizzying, constant tone shift, all of American discourse is swamped with a feverish mix of Churchillian sermons and intentional inanity.