Anxiety:Trends that can't continue, won't

The long term damage to the country is obvious, but the pending immediate catastrophe has me genuinely worried, especially over the past two days. Say what you will about whether 9/11 could have been prevented, at least Bush left room for doubt. Trump brags about his strategy for the mid-terms.

In private conversations, Trump has told advisers that he doesn’t think the 2018 election has to be as bad as others are predicting. He has referenced the 2002 midterms, when George W. Bush and Republicans fared better after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these people said.