Trump's next four years, what do they look like?

Then came Yuma, and a speech so full-on agitprop bonkers that it left one Trump ally so puzzled that they texted me, “OK, fine. We’ll do it live!” in reference to Bill O'Reilly's infamous on-air outburst. As amusing as it is to dismiss Trump’s word splooge, it turns out not only the Yuma speech but the trip itself is a preview of the Fall campaign.

This is Trump’s happy place: grunting riffs, conspiracy-addled fantasies, and a strange obsession with cops treating protesters with strong, rough, manly vigor. What this says about Donald is a topic for another journal, but just listen to the way his voice drops a register while he leans in and whispers things like, “They were so much stronger. Bigger. They handled them like a baby.” Rule 34, but for presidents.

The event was a cavalcade of Trump hangers-on, minions, and wannabes. Rep. Matt Gaetz and former Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell revved up the crowd and Trump interrupted his remarks more times than usual to give audience members shout-outs. Trump likes comfort food and, while Gaetz and Grenell may sound like the name of a '70s folk music act, they are the kind of loudmouths he wants as attack dogs and warmup acts.

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Like so much of Trumpism, Yuma was one more example of a movement that can’t scale, a campaign that can’t deploy, and a president who can’t stop repeating the stuff that worked for him before. His new shitlord themes are clearly a live-action focus group that he expects to visit time and again this fall.