Rationalising the Irrational

I've been seeing a lot of press articles and hearing a lot of TV and radio interviews where various academics, politicians and commentators try to rationalise the actions of the Trump administration, be it the bullying of Ukraine, the championing of Putin, tariffs, NATO and everything else.  The gist of these articles and interviews is that the administration's actions are purely rational, all part of some perfectly logical plan informed by the new - and perfectly sane - world view brought to the White House by Trump.  I find that their tone is becoming increasingly desperate, as those responsible for them realise that, ultimately, they are trying to justify the unjustifiable.  Their problem, of course, is that they are still having trouble coming to terms with the fact that the US has elected, at best, a demented and delusional old man, or at worst, a psychopath, as president.  Either way, the man making the decisions is mentally impaired.  Which wouldn't matter if his actions were confined to the US, but unfortunately, the rest of us also have to suffer his obvious mental instability, which threatens to destabilise the real world.  Not that any of that matters to those hardcore MAGA crazies who continue to support Trump:  they've been indoctrinated into a cult, with Trump as their Messiah, his every utterance treated as divinely inspired and therefore unquestionable.  

None of it matters to those who surround Trump in the upper echelons of government.  For some, he is an enabler of their own particular craziness, be it an opposition to vaccines or a hostility to government itself, on ideological grounds.  For others, it is pure opportunism, an opportunity to advance their careers which, under ordinary circumstances, would be stalled due to their mediocrity, shadiness or pure incompetence, or maybe an opportunity for financial gain, by ensuring companies they are involved with get lucrative government contracts.  For many, it is a combination of these factors.  it's no good looking to Congress for help - right now it's packed full of Republicans who have taken the Trump shilling in order to get elected.  He might be a psycho, but he's a psycho who has brought them power.  Maybe it will change with the mid-term elections in a couple of years, but two years is a long time.  By then, he might have declared martial law on some pretext, backed up by that supine, spineless Republican dominated Congress.  Even if they do go ahead, the Trump political machine is awash with cash and in US elections, money talks.  Similarly, the Supreme court, packed out with crazy right-wing judges, won't help either.  Even if it does rule against him, an increasingly unstable and dangerous Trump will likely simply ignore any rulings he doesn't like, doubtless without consequence because, Hell, who is going to call him to account?  Right now, the US is lost to the civilised world, with no clear way back for the country.  Personally, I'm banking on the joint Mexican-Canadian invasion which will seize enough territories in the North and South to render what's left of the US impotent.