The effort to distance Barr from Trump is a preview of 2021, when Donny’s fall from grace will be followed quickly by a ritualistic effort to render him an “unperson,” as someone who just happened to end up in the White House despite the best efforts of those who saw through him. Within a year of his leaving office, every wingnut from here to Azerbaijan will insist he never supported Trump but instead supported (insert “benign” policy) that Trump promised to them.