These people have done a great job of destroying what small sliver of respectability I had for them going back before 2016. It was small then but I have zero today.

At the time my respect for Trump was also small. Still is, but hasn't reduced. They have done this to themselves. It's hard to believe these people can suck so bad and opposing someone. Truly amazing that so many "elites" still seem completely flummoxed by Trump's ways and patterns. They somehow can simultaneously overestimate him and underestimate him.

They aren't sending their best. Clearly. I feel no sadness for the demise of the respectable class. I do wish we lived in a more civil and kind society but you can't put that on Trump. He's the effect. Not the cause. What people should be thinking about is what follows him. Not him. He's nothing more than a signal to the deep problems we have as a society. The deep divide and moral failure of the ruling class. God help us.