Our National Dumpster Fire

It was almost as if Donald Trump wanted to give Republican voters one last look at what they would be getting if they chose to nominate him as the head of their party—as if he wanted to show officeholders who would endorse him exactly what they’d have to explain and rationalize over the next six months, wanted to remind conservatives that he doesn’t share their worldview and is willing to advance the policies of the radical left if it’ll help him win, and wanted to make clear to his boosters in the media that they really would have to defend statements so absurd that the only proper response is laughter.