Over the past five days, Donald Trump has engaged in an increasingly unhinged and evil rant on social media:

• April 5: an expletive-filled post yelling at Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or suffer US attacks on civilian infrastructure, “Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!”
• April 6: renewal of threats if Iran failed to comply.
• April 7: a genocidal threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
• April 8: threat of a stronger military response if Iran does not comply with his definition of the cease fire.
• April 9: after meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, posting yet again that NATO has “never been there for the US” and raising the specter of annexing Greenland, implying that Denmark’s refusal to hand it over meant that they were “not there for us.”

Meanwhile, he continues to sow chaos with lies, innuendos, shifting positions, and on and on.

Unsurprising in this is the failure of a response by Republicans, who should be initiating impeachment proceedings or 25th-amendment removal or both.

Still surprising, though, is the ongoing fecklessness of the Democratic leadership.

The Democrats should immediately schedule a national public address. Pick a compelling speaker — Corey Booker or AOC or Chris Murphy — and talk to the people about the danger that Trump’s continuance in office represents. Get beyond reacting to specific issues (Is he threatening genocide? Is he going to have Hegseth issue illegal orders?) and paint the pattern of a deranged, unhinged tyrant who is recklessly and rapidly taking the US down the road to hell and destruction.

The American people are ready and eager to hear it. Trump’s approval rating is now lower than Nixon’s at its lowest. The war is incredibly unpopular. A majority of Americans now favor impeachment. We the people are done!

Please for once, Dems, take the initiative. Show the leadership that the public is pleading for.

And readers, please contact your representatives — Democratic or Republican — and demand that they end this madness.