“A Massive Fraud [sic] of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Donald Trump wrote on his Twitter-copycat Truth Social page last weekend. He was upset that, in 2020, Twitter managers might have prevented a New York Post story from being posted on the platform. In his view, the platform’s overreach invalidates the 2020 election results, which must be reversed by any means necessary.

His claim that Twitter’s election bias necessitates the voiding of the Constitution is overkill even for Trump — and it suggests he is running out of whatever juice has powered his much more effective (if only slightly less unhinged) rhetoric in the past.

Just four months ago, I argued that Donald Trump still posed a serious threat. While it’s still too early to count him out, I admit I’m surprised that my article from July seems less accurate now that he has formally announced his reelection campaign. His anti-constitutional kvetching puts him at odds with American capitalists large and small, for whom the Constitution has worked exceedingly well and who form the core of Trump and the GOP’s support base. His willingness to repel that base in order to score points on Truth Social suggests that his solipsism may finally be obstructing his path to power.