When the clouds of pepper spray clear from the streets of Phoenix, Americans will survey the wreckage of Donald Trump’s latest assault on the rules of American politics.
The uncompromising dispersal of protesters by police was a dramatic end to another extraordinary night in Trump world.
Can there be any more telling image of the simmering temperature of American politics right now than what happened outside of where the President had just been speaking?
His critics will say he fed those divisions with what he said during 96 strange minutes on stage at the Phoenix Convention Centre.
His attempt to build on the perceived success of his Afghanistan speech the night before collapsed within 10 minutes in Arizona.
He veered from the teleprompter, rarely to return, and unloaded his presidential frustrations.
The 20 minutes he spent defending his response to Charlottesville and attacking the media was bizarre and dishonest.
To rewrite his own history – neglecting to mention that he blamed “many sides” in his statement on the incident – on a matter so sensitive and fundamental in modern America is being seen as a new low.
That original statement was broadcast live. Everyone saw it. Everyone knows what he said. He knows that everyone knows.
That he accused the media of lying while being so untruthful is baffling…
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