It's "Underwear on the Outside" Time

The piece criticizes a recent presidential appearance at the United Nations as evidence that the nation's leader has "lost his mind," likening his performance to a comic-film dictator. It highlights specific alarming statements and proposals - renaming "artificial intelligence" as "super" and plans for a colossal Triumphal Arch stocked with drones, snipers, and ammunition - and argues that most of his claims were false or delusional. The commentary cites earlier signs of decline, including demands for a Nobel Prize and a reckless military action in Iran that reportedly squandered U.S. credibility and munitions. It notes only faint Republican dissent after years of obeisance and says impeachment or 25th Amendment removal is essentially off the table.

Beyond the immediate crisis, the argument traces Trumpism to a decades-long conservative project: money from Koch-linked networks, segregationists and religious fundamentalists, the Federalist Society and a reshaped Supreme Court, and alliances with crypto and a tech "brogilarchy." That coalition, the piece contends, produced a durable political threat that will require a new, uncompromising generation of Democrats to defeat. Even a likely blue wave in the midterms would be only partial relief: the presidency and national institutions would still be damaged, the leader could wield remaining powers vindictively, and rebuilding will be a long, difficult task.