Dark Sith Lord of Neo-Cons (and I say that complimentarily) Bill Kristol made a good observation about the furor over Trump attacking Civil Rights hero John Lewis:
It's telling, I'm afraid, that Donald Trump treats Vladimir Putin with more respect than he does John Lewis.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 14, 2017
At the time of publishing, his tweet had gotten 35,108 retweets.
He has a point. Trump is ushering in an era of tribalism where the only thing guiding behavior is hatred of the other side. So all things are on the table, no insult is beneath us, as long as the subject is a political opponent. And he will suck up to any dictator, as long as it helps him. He hasn’t even mounted the Oval Office yet.