For Trump the crisis is unprecedented and sudden. American history is a story of triumphs, glories, winning, and virtue. Until it wasn’t. A mixed race president dragged us down from that perch and dumped us into a state of decay and disrepair. Trump had gone at other Republicans during the run-up contention, but in his inaugural address, blame rests almost solely on the shoulders of un-American, self-interested others, that is, people like Obama (who sat behind him during the speech).