Don’t let Montana ruin your weekend.

Granted, it was a lousy way to get into a Memorial Day celebration. We’re supposed to be thinking about good times and a change in the seasons. Then Montana gives its sole House seat to a Donald Trump supporter who had just assaulted a reporter for having the temerity to ask a question about health care legislation.

“Great win in Montana,” said Trump. This was shortly after the president’s disastrous appearance at a NATO meeting in which he behaved like the unpopular rich kid whose idea of making small talk is telling people how much his shoes cost.

But about that election. We’re going to come up with a useful explanation, and then start grilling with a peaceful heart.

The story began with the incumbent congressman, Ryan Zinke, being appointed secretary of the interior. You will remember that Zinke was the cabinet member who rode to his new job on a horse named Tonto. In the list of bizarre things done by Trump appointees, this did not even make the top 100.