For eight years, the president and his family have set an impeccable example, for which we’ll soon feel nostalgia.

What is the proper punishment for a nation that turns a deaf ear to common sense and compassion, and has lost its power to detect a malignant fraud? Who do ordinary Americans turn to when the government is packed with racists, billionaires, saber-rattling warmongers and incompetent fools, all infused with evangelical zeal and drooling at the idea of tearing down everything decent that this nation has built over the last century?

We’re about to find out. And while only a minority of voters put this man into office, all of us will pay the price for their mistake.