The derangement of the current White House has affected the wider society over the past two years: increased hate crimes, loss of civility, amazing ethical lapses of government department secretaries. In recent weeks, derangement has broken through its few confinements, bringing the government shutdown, chaos in our foreign military/political involvements, and the likely worst stock market performance since 2008.
In response, our “Outstanding Leader” is seeking targets to blame: the Democrats for the shutdown, the Fed for the stock market, and Gen. James Mattis for cooperating with other countries.
Its culpability is seen most clearly in the government shutdown.