"Just when we think he can't possibly debase the office of the presidency any more, he does"

Trump's victim-mocking should haunt GOP

President Donald Trump behaving despicably during "MAGA" rallies happens so often, it's almost become par for the course. Just when we think he can't possibly debase the office of the presidency any more, he does. And his followers cheer him on with virtually cultlike affirmation.

Sadly, we've grown accustomed to what his acolytes call "Trump being Trump" at these rallies, which often devolve into red meat rants that fuel his supporters' tribalism and his own narcissism.

Trump's latest transgression during a rally Tuesday in Mississippi was just another infuriating example.
By mocking Christine Blasey Ford, the President of the United States looked women in the eye and told them their sexual assaults do not matter. There should be no comedic value in denigrating such traumatic experiences, yet there Trump was, leading the way, as thousands of his supporters cheered him on and nodded in agreement. Even more alarming were the all-too-familiar chants of "lock her up" -- usually reserved for Hillary Clinton, now directed toward Ford after Trump decried Judge Brett Kavanaugh's treatment as "abuse."

In Trump's bizarre world, men are the actual victims. "It's a very scary time for young men in America," he proclaimed to reporters.
As shocking as this may sound to many, it's consistent with Trump's paranoia that everyone is out to get him. Despite being credibly accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen women, his own history of misogyny, his own words on the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, and the growing list of powerful men brought down by their sexual misconduct, we're supposed to believe Trump, and more broadly men, are the victims. Talk about gaslighting America.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/opinions/trump-blasey-ford-taunts-gop-midterms-tara-setmayer/index.html