Has the president finally been driven completely bonkers by his vitriolic partisanship?

Perhaps. Indeed, probably. In any event he’s channeling another Democratic president. From the front page of the New York Times, October 26, 1948:

PRESIDENT LIKENS DEWEY TO HITLER AS FASCISTS’ TOOL; Says When Bigots, Profiteers Get Control of Country They Select ‘Front Man’ to Rule DICTATORSHIP STRESSED Truman Tells Chicago Audience a Republican Victory Will Threaten U.S. Liberty TRUMAN SAYS GOP PERILS U.S. LIBERTY

The more things change….