QOTD -- The Indifference And The Dismantling

"He may be so totally, blissfully indifferent to what is coming out of his mouth at any given time (a true luxury) and possess such a delirious inability to grasp that any remark of his might have consequences on others’ lives (about which he does not care anyway) that he thinks he can just say this sort of thing and figure out later whether it is true. But we can tell you right now: It is not. [snip]

"All of the beautiful fragile things that are good in America are the ones he has set about systematically dismantling, with the blithe confidence of a child conducting an operation: the immigrants who voluntarily seek our shores to live and work; the delicate system of precedents and assumptions of good faith that allow our country to function; the whole apparatus of government that is supposed to help a nation in times of disaster. He has sawed at all these branches as though he does not realize we are sitting on them and then looks confused every time we come crashing to the ground." --  Alexandra Petri in today's Washington Post, on Trump's suggesting injecting disinfectant as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of the nightmare of the Trump years.