The good news is, as @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social points out, megalomaniacal leaders ultimately blow themselves up politically or militarily. The bad news is that the longer they survive, the bigger the figurative blast radius.

He could. If he wasn’t who he is. So he can’t. Ridiculous.

The Germans have seen this kind of thing before

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He’s not a stupid man. But he is a liar. Not a very good one, but a liar.

Whoever I read or hear about a conservative politician campaigning on “family values”, I just know their personal life is an as-yet unwritten Netflix series.