Hypernormalisation has set in for quite some time across the US and most of Europe.
Just never as painfully and confronting as it did over the past few days.
Republicans try to 'rewrite' last years history by removing an article, Joe Biden just went out there to rewrite 2 decades of history and throw everyone but himself under the bus and the Pentagon flunkies all had a masterclass in Rumsfeld bullshit but before he could teach them the jokes, he died.
The media had a wake-up call today, after 8 - 12 years of peddling horseshit they could no longer pretend there was any sort plan or better outcome there was no rescue, explanation or comfort and it scared the hell out of them.
Obama mistakingly thought both his enemies and allies would be rational and calculating instead of emotional, Trump painstakingly tried to achieve the impossible and bend reality to his will even when it nearly killed him and Biden knows there's nothing that can or will be done except bunker down to wait and see the world order crumble.