But he is - as he is wont to do - finding one of the worst parts of America and amplifying it, making it worse. After George Floyd there was a real opportunity to move forward. He made sure that didn't happen, made it part of his "ruin America so it turns rightward" campaign and encouraged police to strengthen their in resolve not to improve.

He is the patron saint of all things horrible in America, having him as president calcified the worst of us, strengthened it, made sure it embedded itself even more securely in the culture. Even if he loses, it will take decades to remove the stain.