I know it seems like a long time ago, but in the run-up to the 2016 election, the predictions of catastrophe in the event of a Donald Trump win were quite something.
He would touch off a nuclear war, we were told, with some intemperate remark on Twitter.
He would destroy the vaunted public institutions of America with behavior decidedly un-presidential.
He would diminish the office by getting into flame wars with people like Rosie O'Donnell and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He would empower Nazis, fanatics and haters to run rampant in the streets.
He would be an authoritarian strongman who would shred the Constitution and trample on everyone's rights.
I know it seems like a long time ago, but in the run-up to the 2016 election, the predictions of catastrophe in the event of a Donald Trump win were quite something.
