The president’s re-election rally in Melbourne, Florida last Saturday provides still more evidence that Donald Trump’s psychological needs preempt whatever his political agenda might be. Just as he appears to have been driven to give his impromptu, dingbat press conference last week out of a craving for approval and a need for control, in Florida he stepped into a remarkable time machine that simultaneously brought him back to the 2016 campaign, and jumped him forward to the 2020 race (perhaps making use of a little-known wormhole that links all presidential elections in a single continuous campaign dimension — will scientific wonders never cease?!). As great a threat as Donald Trump poses to our democracy and to our security, his capacity to self-delude with fictions of mass popularity may ultimately work to the advantage of his opponents; unless Trump is able to completely redefine reality, an inability to properly gauge reality (such as the depth of resistance to his policies or his historic unpopularity) should only hurt him in the long run.

Also, just for the record: A RE-ELECTION RALLY?! This is so absurd that I’m not going to waste any of your time or my energy on further commentary.