One thing that stands out about the current US administration, aside from the cruelty and destructiveness, is the enforced level of stupidity. The administration insists that everything needs to be stupid.
If you say or do things that require a three digit IQ, such as insist that policy needs to follow the Constitution, you get fired. If your reasoning exhibits sny nuance or understanding of complexity, you get fired. Or you are declared to be the enemy.
I wonder whether the millions of Americans who voted for these bozos will turn on them in the next election cycle not because of the cruelty, but because of the pervasive level of idiocy. Some people find cruelty attractive. Very few people find unforced stupidity attractive.
To quote Archie Bunke: It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity.