[an amused spectator]

Trump, personifying the worst elements in our culture, is like a providentially sent gong meant to wake us up and direct us toward a better path.

The "better path" of Brooks is to vote for Democrats, who will appoint Democrat Federal judge-presidents who will rule the country forever, once their bodies are replaced by androids, like that of Ruth Bader Corpseburg.

[Olog-hai]

By implication, Brooks is actually saying that people such as Ilhan Omar don’t “personif(y) the worst elements in our culture”. Never mind Bernie Sanders, Pelosi ad nauseam and what they do and do not personify.