Congressional Democrats can't - and Republicans won't - slow the onslaught of ignorant, provocative edicts from the White House. To the extent they can, the courts have tried. But who would have thought the first and perhaps best line of defence against a volatile, divisive, inept, potentially very dangerous president would come from his own cabinet appointees?

Let's hope the checks and balances contemplated by the founders succeed in protecting the American public from the sheer folly of its own inexplicable decision to put this person in charge.