YES, IT’S HARD TO TAKE PEOPLE’S COMPLAINT ABOUT TRUMP’S RULE BREAKING SERIOUSLY when they’re doing the same thing themselves.

Trump has, I’m afraid, made excruciatingly clear that our ruling class possesses neither self-discipline nor the ability to engage in self-criticism. It is, in other words, unfit to rule. This is not good, nor is it exactly new, but it is now clear.