When a Fox News anchor calls a Republican president “crazy,” you know something has really gone off the rails in American politics. And yet it was fair, hard-earned criticism. For an hour and seventeen minutes on Thursday, the President of the United States debased his office and demonstrated that he is the singularly most unfit person to ever hold its illustrious powers.

How did we get here?

In the span of a week, President Trump stewed in the White House as he saw all the wrong headlines flash across his West Wing television screen.