Why is Donald So Upset?

The President could have used his UN Speech to take an authoritarian victory lap. Instead, he whined about an escalator that his own staff broke.

Much of the year has been defined by America’s bizarre flirtation with authoritarianism. Mass firings, troops on the streets, a broken escalator. Hang on a second.

I know fascism is bad, but we shouldn’t dismiss the escalator. In the old days, before technology, if you needed to get from one floor to another, you had to ask somebody already on the floor …