It has reached the point where one has to wonder whether Trumpistas are paying attention or if they really have consciously decided to separate from reality and really do want to simply destroy our democracy.
Today Trump was asked what evidence he had that Central Americans fleeing death and poverty and heading north are the criminals Trump claims.
Obviously Trump has zero evidence. Not a scintilla of evidence. Trump doesn't know a single one of the Central Americans and neither does anyone else in the CIA or any other US intelligence agency.
Trump's response? "Don't be a baby." As if only a baby would ask for evidence before demonizing and condemning another human being. As if only a baby could believe in the rule of law. As if only a baby would dare question Trump's fantasies.
So who is the real baby here? It is certainly not those who are asking if Trump has any evidence. It certainly is not those who require evidence before diminishing, disparaging and criminalizing refugees.
No, only babies fiercely grasp their wrongness without reason or logic. The concept of an evidence based world is an adult notion which infants and babies don't grasp. Whining that those who ask for evidence are babies is an attribute of juvenile ideation.
But then, that's the point, isn't it. To infuriate every American who still has values. To destroy every democratic principle we hold so he may call us a mob. And to reinforce to his Trumpista cultists they are fully justified in their racism and in hating and fearing impoverished brown people. They need not defend their bigotry and hostility. All vindication is self evident - beyond the necessity of proof. Anyone who challenges their prejudices is simply a baby.
By giving them full permission to embrace their own animosity and xenophobia, Trump believes his supporters will accept his alternative reality rather than the evidence based reality they live in.
All of which is just a manifestation of Trump's insatiable, disgusting, destructive and insane lust for power, money and fame. A manifestation of Trump's inability and complete failure to learn and understand science ("I have a natural instinct for science.") A manifestation of Trump's utter and obvious ignorance of history or international diplomacy ("I know more [about NATO] than Mattis.") A manifestation of Trump's galactic hypocrisy (His judicial nominee, Kavanaugh, who was utterly unfit for the position, was innocent until a mountain of irrefutable evidence proved his guilt while brown refugees are criminals despite the complete absence of any proof)
And of course, through the constant repetition of the great fabrication, Trump believes it will induce fear in his mindless supporters and bring them to the polls. No lie is too big. No basic human value cannot be destroyed. Though he is dismantling, disintegrating and disconnecting our America, Trump's greedy craving for power is his only morality.