“DONALD TRUMP MAKES ME MISS GEORGE W. BUSH,” Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post, and as Steve Hayward responds at Power Line, “I’ve been expecting something like this,” as “The ‘Strange New Respect’ Award Makes a Comeback.”

Of course, “Strange New Respect” cuts both ways; Wingnuts author John Avalon writes in the Daily Beast that “Donald Trump Is Running for Richard Nixon’s Third Term.” complete with crude Photoshop of Trump’s maniacally grinning head over Nixon’s as he makes the V-for-victory sign before climbing into Marine One. But Avalon’s headline doesn’t have much of a sting after the left — including multiple New York Times columnists — have spent the last quarter century rehabilitating the 37th president, both because they admire his Great Society-era expansion of the federal government, and to use as a cudgel against his GOP successors.