At least he admitted publicly that Russia lost 600,000 troops in their stupid invasion. I expect that Putin will make him walk that back in the coming days or weeks.

Whatever Trump or his team are guilty of, they accuse the other side of that very thing. This way, accusations at them can be portrayed as "tit-for-tat", and foolish people will see a false equivalence.

TIME has also featured on its cover Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Osama bin Laden, and the Ayatollah Khomeini.

Trump is certainly nothing new.

Funny that we live a standard of living and wealth far beyond that of any of our ancestors, yet a substantial majority of the population consider themselves to be oppressed. Maybe it's not so much about the "terrible economy", and more about the marketed perception of a terrible economy?

The authors of all those dystopian novels never pictured takeover by a populist, backed by limitless corporate wealth and masterminded by a hostile foreign government, wanting to "demolish the administrative state" of the country most identified with preserving the rights of the individual.