Asked why the U.S. has left hundreds of thousands of its citizens stranded in the Middle East, Donald Trump said the following.

(Warning: it's long. Newspapers don't print his raving in full, so we don't get the full picture of his madness. H/t Heather Cox Richardson.)

Why hasn’t the government been ready, Mr. President? (1/6)

@gleick I think a part of my brain just melted...