Bob Woodward, Ross Douthat, and Anonymous have all painted similar portraits of Trump over the last few days: an erratic, amoral, ignorant wannabe authoritarian. A man on golf cart, if you like. Where they differ is with their predictions for the future. Woodward just sounds the alarm, at least as far as I know; Douthat argues that Trump has been reasonably contained thus far, but that things will likely get worse; Anonymous assures us that the “steady state” has this under control.
Who’s right? A genuine conservative (as opposed to a reactionary) knows the best course is to prepare for the worst. What that is, and how it could happen, will be addressed in my next post.