Damon Linker, Trump as the Great Destroyer (shared link).
Linker’s piece is openly and most deeply indebted to another:
John B. Judis, Trump as Alexander the Great: A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else)
Still digesting. I think it’s time to update the old curse, variously attributed: May you live in interesting times. The new version is *We’re living in epochal times. There’s no return to the old normal.” And that’s really hard to stomach.