President Wilson’s incapacity for office in 1920 was concealed. In contrast, President Biden’s incapacity for office is being celebrated by the mainstream press and his party, while they simultaneously prop him up to remain in office as the titular commander in chief. It is his vice president and potential successor who is sent forth to read a speech rebuking a close American ally (Israel) and setting the foreign-policy terms for the future.

An anonymous coterie in the White House will be making the key decisions for the next five months. There is no precedent for this. A new chapter is being written in America’s history. Whether the public tolerates this public sham remains to be seen.