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Blow: Opera of demons

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on the "Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Washington. Fewer than half of Americans expect President Donald Trump's tariffs will do much to help the U.S. economy. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Majorities of Americans also doubt the recently announced taxes on imports will increase jobs or wages at home. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on the "Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Washington. Fewer than half of Americans expect President Donald Trump's tariffs will do much to help the U.S. economy. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Majorities of Americans also doubt the recently announced taxes on imports will increase jobs or wages at home. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Charles M. Blow/New York Times News Service August 28, 2018 4 min read

Donald Trump has warped reality.

He has turned porn star Stormy Daniels into Joan of Arc.

He has brought Robert Mueller’s protectors to the defense of Jeff Sessions, who may well be a racist and is definitely a monster for conducting the policy of family separations at our southern border.

He has made foul-mouthed, bullying Michael Cohen, Trump’s “fixer,” emerge as an antihero.

He has made Sens. Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, the Tea Party darling, appear as valiant crusaders for integrity, unafraid to put principle above party.