Through him, they became him, each man and woman remade as Trump, Trump, Trump. “They spied on our campaign!” Who spied? Who didn’t matter, it was the verb that counted. Spied. “They hid it! Hid it so nobody could see it!” Hid what? What didn’t matter, it was the verb, hid, and the response, Trump spreading his hands wide: Trump! Trump! Trump!

