Television Skies

Jonathan Chait on the thing in the White House:

It might seem like Trump is unable to focus on his text because he is bored with the presidency. The truth is slightly different. He sees the presidency as a means to the end of positive television coverage. Here is Trump describing his great election victory:

That was one of the greatest nights in the history of television … It was one of the highest rated evenings in the history of television. You add up all those networks.

One of the greatest nights in the history of television. The president of the United States thinks of his own election as a show that he watched on TV.

Nothing is real.