This is not peculiar to Trump. Someone pointed out last year that the Democrats have been slow to understand that the Republicans are playing a game called “You Must Lose.” Under the rules of the game, of course, the preferred outcome is “we win; you lose,” but “we both lose” is infinitely preferable to “we both win” because the imperative of the game is you must lose.

Really, in a well-run duopoly this is not the way they conduct things. We no longer enjoy a well-run duopoly. It is difficult to see this ending well.

cordially,