Charlie Sykes: It's Time to Admit It: We Have a Psychotic Government

[marmar]

Mar 28, 2026

Jonathan Rauch is a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In this episode, he makes the case that the Trump administration is, as a whole, psychotic, erratic, and unpredictable.

[GoCubsGo]

1. I think the word he's looking for is actually "psychopathic."

Although, "psychotic" is also part of the picture...

[littlemissmartypants]

2. So do I GoCubsGo. Several people seem to be confused with the distinction.

I've noticed it elsewhere in discussions. One might argue that DJ himself is a psychotic psychopath, however.

[sop]

3. It's not just the Trump administration, the Republican village is responsible.