Presidential Irrationality Normalizes Unreason

A president who routinely rejects fact‑based argument and coherently reasoned defense of policy doesn't just produce bad policies: it shifts the baseline of acceptable government action so that procedural rationales, expert evidence, and institutional deliberation lose authority. That normalization makes it easier for governance to proceed by spectacle, loyalty, and impulse rather than by defensible policy analysis. — If true, this dynamic undermines democratic accountability, compresses the space for expert input, and changes how voters judge competence—raising stakes for appointments, courts, and civic norms.