Trump Won. Now America Faces the Abyss

We saw it coming. America’s fascination with celebrity and wealth kept Donald Trump in the public eye even after he lost his bid for reelection. He stood at a lectern on the Ellipse with the White House as a backdrop and urged the crowd of his supporters to march to the Capitol, telling them he would join them, which turned out to be a lie. The Secret Service refused to transport him to the Capitol, so he sat instead in the room adjoining the Oval Office watching television of the...