This is the Rubicon that, until recently, no sane American would have dared to cross. Yes, the president of the United States is doddering and tired, but he’s not a former KGB agent suspected of having blown up an apartment building in Moscow to start a war in Chechnya to secure his rise to power. He’s not evil, and until recently, most, if not all, semi-intelligent people would have agreed about this—even if they voted for the other guy. 

But now the great tsunami of stupid has swept the nation. Conservatives, just like progressives before them, are unthinkingly condemning all things America. Because America, you see, is rotten, bankrupt, over. (To underscore this point, Carlson posted a video of the Moscow metro meant to show how neat and orderly things are there compared to New York City.)

The way each camp arrived at its anti-Americanism was different, of course. For the left, there was always something repugnant about the inequities and unfairness of democratic capitalism—and above all, America.

For the right, it was the fall from grace, the loss of virtue, and the betrayal of the American dream by a corrupt elite.