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Right now, I'm feeling more terrified than at any point since the 2016 election. Why? It's time for some game theory! 1/
Start with a clear-eyed assessment of Trump's character: he basically has negative empathy -- that is, enjoys seeing others hurt 2/
Normally, however, one would expect him to pretend to care and maybe even do some good things out of ambition and self-aggrandizement 3/
At this point, however, it's clear to everyone -- probably even him -- that he just can't do this president thing, and won't get better 4/
The prospect that he will be removed, say by 25th amdt, getting realer by the day. And again, he probably knows this at some level 5/
So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to 6/
So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/
