Andrew Sullivan: “I used to be certainly one of a handful of pundits who thought in early 2016 that Trump not solely may, however in all probability would, win the election. I may really feel his enchantment in my lizard mind, and had lengthy studied the fragility of liberal democracy in my frontal cortex. However the second I knew his presidency was nearly sure was when the Brexit end result was introduced in June, when everybody nonetheless assumed Hillary was a shoo-in. One thing was stirring. And that’s why, after my annual journey again to Britain final week, I’m feeling the nausea once more.”
“The temper is simply ugly — a deep pessimism suffused with barely stifled fury. It’s not fairly proper or left, as we used to grasp these issues. It’s extra irrational than that, and fewer predictable.”
