Millions of people cogently believe former President Donald Trump is a danger to the republic itself, but a large number of us also believe another four years of the Biden-Harris administration would be, in different ways, an equal menace.

Start with the most basic test of whether a presidency actually endangers the nation: Can he handle a major crisis? The one and only time a president is the essential American, perhaps at an existential level, is when a sudden challenge emerges that could carry catastrophic consequences. Think of the sustained stress that 45-year-old John F. Kennedy had to endure during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis Then ask yourself if President Joe Biden could, even right now, bear that load.