Everything Trump's opponents said about him has been shown to be not only true, but understated. It's hard to see how the Republicans can wash off the stink of even the first six months of Trump in office, let alone the next six. (It's an open question whether he'll make it to a second year in office.)

The only surprising thing has been just how transparently bad the Trump gang has been, and how utterly cynical, amoral and incompetent the GOP has been. It's as though the party has focused its pitch to the bottom half of their base for so long it's forgotten how to think.

A too-true-to-be-funny SNL skit had Putin speaking to Trump: "I really thought you'd be better at this."