Donnie “honestly” thinks he’s the good guy.
Which, while incredibly “SAD”[!],
serves to bolster the foregone conclusion
that he’s irredeemably mad.
This isn't simply acute Dunning-Kruger.
(Which, nonetheless, still applies.)
It's Donnie's total lack of awareness
from which all of the problems arise.
“A republic,” said Franklin, “if you can keep it.”
back in the day way back when
the Founding Fathers believed that we would.
Frankly, my dears, I doubt that we can.