As someone who has worked in the field of intimate partner violence for 30 years, Donald Trump has felt familiar to me—and not in a good way.

When you are good, you are in a wonderful romance: (“Women love me.”)

When you step out of line, you are crazy and no one will believe anything you say. (“Kamala Harris is mentally disabled.”)

If you leave, you’ll be sorry. (“If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath.)