Perhaps it’s because the president has quarantined himself on his own proprietary social-media platform. Maybe it’s because his posts on that venue rarely reflect his administration’s policies. Regardless, in Donald Trump’s second term, it has become easier to ignore his late-night online musings.

Just last night, for example, the president typed out a missive in which he called for the prosecution of Beyoncé Knowles, Oprah Winfrey, and Al Sharpton based on his claim that they were paid enormous sums by the Kamala Harris campaign for their support -- expenses he claims were “incorrectly stated in the books” and “illegal.” Trump has ...