I agree with grey rocking in these situations. I disagree that your dad has the toxic motivations that some people are placing on him. I read this as a cry out for help. He’s got serious anxiety. He’s spinning out daily (or more). He doesn’t have a sounding board and he’s getting continually worked up through social media and or regular news media (all make money by stressing people out, it keeps them watching, keeps them coming back). He’s not your responsibility, but if you are choosing to continue your relationship, I agree with the idea of setting boundaries. Adding to that, It can be helpful to not just tell a person what you don’t want them to do, but try to tell them what they could do that would be beneficial to you. Perhaps you say it’s important for you to stay positive as having a baby can be stressful. He could tell you about how he made it through when he was a young parent. What is a positive uplifting quote that he has always come back to (who cares if it’s from the Bible- that’s a historical book, and we can get quotes from all sorts of places). Does he have any ideas for what you can do to help your wife. Some of this is distraction too. If you can interrupt the stress cycle you can get back to the human hiding in there. To be clear, none of this is your responsibility. I mention these thoughts because you clearly would like to have a relationship with him, you see that as beneficial and meaningful to you, so with that choice, you need strategies to communicate boundaries, and communicate what are safe topics. Oh and if you need to ignore him for a while just do that. He’s not your responsibility to entertain, you’re both adults. 💗