No, John McWhorter, he’s dementing

I disagree with John McWhorter about all sorts of things — apostrophes and object pronouns, for instance. And I disagree with him about Donald Trump’s state of mind: McWhorter sees in Trump’s recent performances not dementia and disinhibition but boredom. Trump, says McWhorter, is “turning up the volume to keep himself entertained.”

Please notice that McWhorter’s New York Times column appeared before Trump’s most recent Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin performances, in which he fantasized about guns trained on Liz Cheney’s face, boasted about his “beautiful white skin,” hit a microphone mount with the microphone, and mimed oral sex.

Trump is dementing and disinhibiting. Stop the sanewashing.