The DTs, Part 3

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 A Washington Post story today began this way:

"Donald Trump amplified a vulgar joke about Vice President Kamala Harris performing a sex act. He falsely accused her of staging a coup to secure the Democratic nomination and faulted her without evidence for a security lapse that enabled a rogue gunman to try to assassinate him. He shared a manipulated online image of Bill Gates in an orange jumpsuit and a call for Barack Obama to face a 'military tribunal.' He promoted explicit tributes to the QAnon conspiracy theory. He hawked digital trading cards in an online infomercial along with pieces of his debate night suit. ('People are calling it the knockout suit.') His campaign feuded publicly with Arlington National Cemetery over their visit."

And, the story noted, all that occurred in the span of 24 hours.

Lately we've been hearing how Republican operatives are desperate for Trump to be disciplined and focus on issues, so as not to alienate swing voters. But Donald is far too busy ridiculing, lying and self-aggrandizing to listen.

If I were a Republican strategist . . . oh, never mind. We know that'll never happen. I can't even see myself voting for a Republican ever again, now that the party has allowed itself to be taken over by a poisonous mushroom.

As GOP allies and donors implore Trump to stay on message, my question is:  Can he? Is this "unserious man," as Kamala Harris accurately labeled him, capable of switching into a serious gear? Does he have the attention span to focus on policy? Economic statistics are so boring compared to crude sexual remarks about Harris and Hillary Clinton.

Trump could argue that by providing non-stop juvenile entertainment and lies he's giving his followers what they want, and he'd be right. After all, that worked the first time he ran for the presidency. Maybe he knows the American people better than his handlers.

Or maybe he just needs to think so, because to turn serious would be the end of him. Trump's canyon-sized gaps in knowledge and sense would be revealed to those who've refused to see them. He's been covering over his mental shortcomings with ceaseless attacks, like he covers over his bald spot with whatever that is on his head.

Whether he's incapable of being focused or he fears what would happen if he tried, Trump so far has defied his Republican advisers. Rather than talking about the economy or the border, he's concentrating on bile and lies.

Remember the Good Humor Man? Now we're stuck with the Bad Humor Man.