Is it the economy??? Is it the election??? Why is he acting out so much????
The brain worms are progressing and his usual obsessions (why don't people say enough nice things about me on teevee) are growing stronger and he's increasingly angry and confused as he is increasingly unable to understand what is going on around him.
Toddlers throw tantrums because they are confused and upset and don't have the words to explain it to themselves or to others. It isn't much more complicated than that.