There is no nice way to say it: This evening’s speech in Phoenix was unhinged. And the escalation of his attacks on the press is scary. I’ve wondered for a long time whether his pro forma hostility toward the media is something genuine, or if it’s merely theater for the bleachers; this evening’s obsessive vehemence convinced me it’s real, that he feels genuinely aggrieved and means to use his presidential power to destroy them.
He will fail, but there is going to be a lot of ugliness along the way.