Why do Republicans react this way? It’s simple. We just need somebody to say it out loud. They are all naked, too. Naked greed took over their party when they decided that governing was about nothing but cutting the taxes of their campaign funders, who wanted some skin in the game.

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And so don’t expect the Republicans to deal with Trump. They were all taken in by the same tailor who told them that huge fabric cuts yielded bigger garments.

And the business about Trump possibly setting us “on a path to World War III”? Well, let’s put that into perspective. How bad could thermonuclear annihilation actually be? It could be a cathartic expression of American exceptionalism to trigger the end of the world in a much more direct way than slowly cooking it with carbon emissions. As a clump of naked men, they are already dressed for that.

And that’s yet another reveal in the GOP dance of the of seven already-fallen veils. How concerned could they actually be about Trump’s irresponsibility, when in terms of policy there is so little difference? He won’t act on climate change except to slow progress down, and neither will they. He won’t propose a sensible health-care plan, and neither will they. He won’t support sane budget policy, and neither will they. He won’t act responsibly on war and peace, and neither will they.

So they are in basic agreement about ending health-care coverage, ending economic equality, ending climate stability and ending civilization. (Possibly on the more IMPORTANT issues they will act to restrain him.)