But there is, of course, a deeper distinction between Leo’s Americanness and Trump’s. It’s not cultural, or political. It’s simply moral. Leo is a moral American and Trump an utterly amoral one. I don’t mean by this that Leo is a liberal, globalist, or Democrat, while Trump is the opposite. I mean simply that Leo is a decent human being. And Trump manifestly isn’t.

Bannon blew up Reagan’s GOP and ultimately got Trump elected. Rubio helped clean up the debris, and now they toast each other over cocktails at a bar that smells faintly of betrayal and Axe body spray. Each man got what he wanted most. The rest of us got screwed.