If you thought the petty nicknames, mudslinging, and national stereotypes of the 2016 campaign marked an ugly descent into the gutter, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.

In the past few weeks, President Trump has joked about shooting migrants during a rally in Florida; characterized Baltimore, a majority black coastal city that voted for Hillary Clinton, as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess”; and urged minority Democratic members of Congress to return from where they came. With the election more than a year away, he has gone ugly early.