BUT DON’T QUESTION THEIR PATRIOTISM: Gallup: Pride in being an American reaches modern low — thanks to rock-bottom numbers from Democrats. “The current Democratic numbers are less than half what they were during the darkest days of the Iraq war. I blogged during that period and, let me tell you, I never dreamed that Democratic animosity towards a Republican president would be worse than it was then.” Bush Derangement Syndrome was a pale shadow of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Plus: “In lieu of an exit question, here’s a Trump-sized dook that was dropped on the NYT op-ed page yesterday because, I guess, there’s only one mood a right-thinking liberal newspaper can properly have when Independence Day rolls around. Actual title of this piece: ‘Please Stop Telling Me America Is Great.’ It’d make a terrific Democratic slogan in 2020.”