Donald Trump is a one-trick pony who gives the same performance at all of his campaign rallies. He talks about the “rigged” 2020 election, blasts “radical left Democrats,” RINOS, the mainstream media, prosecutors who have indicted him and the judges who are presiding over his civil and criminal trials. Apparently, even his supporters don’t listen to him very closely anymore.

Except for promises to end the “invasion” at the border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Trump rarely mentions policy priorities for a second term as president. When he does, he provides virtually no details and hides behind misleading, “have-it-both ways” inartful dodges.

The bipartisan compromise — praised by the U.S. Border Patrol Union (which endorsed Trump in 2020) and, according to the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, containing “long-time GOP priorities” Trump “never came close to getting” ­— did not even get to the floor for a vote in either the Senate or the House.

If you listen closely, you might hear the sounds of a self-serving aspiring autocrat and his Republican enablers chipping away at the foundation of American democracy.