Fred Hiatt: Things really are that bad under Trump

(Alex Brandon | AP Photo) President Donald Trump reacts to the audience before speaking at Turning Point USA's Teen Student Action Summit 2019, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in Washington. The economy is humming. We're not at war (much). So he can't be that bad, right?

Steadfast Never Trumpers may find it hard to believe, but I'm hearing that argument more and more lately, as people try to come to terms with the possibility of a second Trump term. It's the "normalization" we've been warned about since Donald Trump's ascension, but in a different form than we might have expected.

After all, many of the people telling themselves that things aren't "that bad" insist they are as offended as ever by the…