Donald Trump has been difficult for so many people to bear for a long time. It will soon get better, but before that, it will surely get worse. Just be prepared.
The good news is that he will be leaving the office on January 20. The bad news is that his last days will be, for those who fear and dislike him, some of the most wrenching and difficult.
Think of it as another chance to grow and be strong.
Any hunter will tell you that a wounded bear is the most dangerous of animals. He or she will lash out at anyone who comes near, friend or foe if they don’t do what he said, he will do absolutely anything if it will get him any amount of attention for any amount of time.
The story of an emotionally challenged narcissistic adolescent who unaccountably finds himself running the world’s most powerful country is a thriller almost beyond imagination. I can’t wait for the movie.
We are at a dramatic climax. Will he run again? Upstate the inauguration? Flip the Electoral College?
All the rational people in government can hope for is that the few remaining grownups around him have got a plan to stop him if he goes too far.
But we don’t have to imagine it, do we? We are living it. For generations, they will think of us and be asked over and over again. “What were they thinking?” The truth is, we weren’t.
Trump is a fantasist’s dream. I wish I had conjured him up in one of my books. To understand him, you have to picture an 11-year-old Middle School bully on the farthest edge of the spectrum.
A man child with a vicious temper has rattled the world.
Trump has convinced himself – mental illness does all kinds of tricks with the mind – that he has not lost the election, but that it was stolen from him.
He didn’t get his way, so he is both angry and dangerous. He has passed his insane world view onto many millions of his adoring supporters. The crazier he gets, the more they love him for it.
He has this almost mystical ability to bend the minds of angry and needy people.
They just love a bad guy, so long as he isn’t a socialist bad guy. He and them, giving a finger to the world. He can’t be bad enough.
Clearly, he needs this narrative – I’ve been cheated – in order to live with himself as a loser and move forward.
A movement of victims has the most powerful victim of them all.
Along the way, he will make as many distractions, threats and do as much damage to our system as he can – this is the world’s punishment for rejecting him, and your individual punishment for hating him.
Our President sees the world in only two dimensions: people who love him unconditionally, who are good, and people who dislike him, who are bad.
There is a lot of talk in the media now about Trump running for office again, or controlling a rogue Republican Party, or working day and night to thwart or undermine Joseph Biden’s administration and presidency.
I learned as a political writer to never think I know the future.
I don’t, and neither do they, and neither do you. I will tell you this about the future though, no one has ever been able to predict it with any certainty. It has its own mind.
This month is a time of helplessness for the worriers. We can only watch, the big boys and girls will have to slug this one out. We can’t even vote., except in Georgia.
Trump sees himself as a Big Boy, but when he attacks the Republican hierarchy, he is up against some of the most polished assassins and street fighters on the planet.
They’ve been silent as long as they need him – he does have to go sign legislation to make it law.
Once they decide they don’t need him, it will look like one of those violent shark feedings you see on the Discovery Channel. All that’s left are some shoes, that thing on his head, and maybe a finger or a hand that floats ashore.
Just think of Don Corleone in the Godfather.
I think the idea of a Trump takeover of the Republican Party is short-sighted and problematic, this is the problem that comes with judging things only by what we see in front of us right now.
True punditry is about imagination, trying to see and understand what is not in front of us. It’s no different than Madame Helena Blavatsky and her psychic readings in Philadelphia, and about as legitimate.
Trump will matter for a good while. Anybody who gets 60 million votes in one election is a Tyrannosaurus that needs to be handled skillfully and quietly.
Mitch McConnel, that most velvet of shivs, is up to taking on Trump, and so are the establishment night fighters of the GOP. They just need a critical mass of renegades masking as patriots. They made Trump and protected him, they can take him down.
These are, after all, the same people who persuaded working-class white people to hate unions, scary Black people, socialists, compassion, voting for all, health care, and tax cuts for the middle-class.
Wait until they go to work on a lying, sociopathic, philandering, corrupt billionnaire who has raped them all and left them for dead.
If you think the election made him crazy, just wait to see him sidelined in his own party. And you will see it. There are at least a dozen Republicans eager to run for President.
Does any sane person think these people will just fade into the woodwork and give up their lifelong ambitions to please Donald Trump? He is not the only sociopath in the world, just the first one to get to be President.
Let’s be honest, is there a more fitting end to this story than for him to be taken down by his own, just like John Gotti? We’ve got a script. We’re sorry, Don Trump, it isn’t personal.
If there is any group or body meaner, smarter or tougher than Donald Trump, it is the scions and prophets of conservatism and the Republican Party.
They have fought skillfully and savagely for decades to take power in Washington – the courts, the White House, the state legislatures, the Congress and still complain about how victimized they are.
Believe me, they are not about to turn all of this over to the aging, raging Mad King who is just as happy attacking them as he is attacking our democracy or his political opponents.
If you hang around Mar-a-Largo, this winter, you’ll see some ocean water turning red. Outside of the White House, Trump will be just another asshole with a radio show for old white men, an outsized ego, and lots of legal trouble.
The political world is about to see a spectacular Civil War, not the one tearing apart America, but the one tearing apart the Republican Party. The first open battle is Georgia, as establishment Republicans stand up for the system they control and have conquered, and the Mad King sends his trolls after them, and once again tries to set himself on fire.
Trump is now off the rails.
He has liberated himself from any constraints, not because he wants to be President, but because he doesn’t. Trust me, Trump isn’t plotting to stage a coup – he isn’t up to that. He’s plotting the next chapter.
When you find yourself up at 3 a.m. imagining another four years of Trump, remember that this is your nightmare, not his ambition. The workmen are already busy at Mar-a-Lago expanding the Trump family residence.
It’s just theater for him, as is the pandemic killing thousands of Americans.
Once again, Trump is being paid gobs of money to play golf and tweet, and once again, he’s found a way to get more suckers to give him more money to bail him out of money trouble.
Hey, over here, Donald, here’s another donation of $10 million. Just lie some more.
He will do whatever he can to disrupt the government, his party, and whip his followers up into a frenzy of paranoia and grievance.
Dear worriers, it might be wise to back off the news for a while.
It will be a dog fight, into, during, and past the Electoral College and spill over into the Congress and quite possibly the Supreme Court.
He will lose. The Establishment Republicans are hanging tough, some of them are actually preparing to fight and speak out.
There is only one way it can end – with Trump gone. You may think I’m crazy, but you will miss him. Like a rescue dog who is untrainable, he gave us a focus and challenge that is both horrifying and thrilling. He makes us feel alive.
Joe Biden, for all the troubles, caught another break.
Coronavirus vaccines will be coming out just as he takes office, and that will boost his popularity and the economy as well. If those two things happen, Trump will be smelling bad, all the way down there in his Mansion on the water.
My name is Donald Trump. I have a Mansion and a yacht.
Republicans are beginning to figure out that their biggest threat is not the aging and gentle Biden, but the Raging Bull that has seized control of their party and disrupted their march to glory and is currently busy horrifying young, moderate, female, and independent voters.
If the party keeps losing those people, they will be finished. And they know it.
The country and its political system are in crisis and transition.
There is growing evidence that women, suburbanites, black people, moderates, and independents are getting mighty sick of Trump and his Chaos Machine.
Progressives are worrying about what the Republicans will do to Biden. Conservatives are worried about what Trump is doing to them.
Biden could be looking pretty good in the Spring as Trump tweets and spouts his conspiracies from Mar-A-Largo.
He’s beginning to remind me of William Randolph Heart, who ended his days locked away in San Simeon, his California mansion. Everybody thought he was invincible too.
Billionnaire monomaniacs die hard. But they do die.
Politics does not like a loser, and while Trump can’t bear to see himself that way, he’s on a losing tear.
Trump lost an election he could have easily won. He lost his campaign to unseat it. He’s threatening to bring about a big loss in Georgia.
He will lose his efforts to stay in power because that’s what he does and has always done – lose. Remember niece Mary – Donald Trump is incapable of strategizing or analyzing intelligently.
From the beginning, Trump has challenged us to be better, to be patient, to be compassionate, to be strong and hopeful.
Obama never did that for me, because he was pretty good when he arrived. He never challenged me to be a better man than him.
The election took away part of Trump’s sting, but that’s not nearly all of it. Donald Trump will go down hard, but he will go down nonetheless.
I’m getting on with my life. Trump only gets a fraction of my time and even less of the space in my head. Everyone has to make their own decisions.
In the final analysis, there was really nothing there but resentment and showmanship. As we have all painfully learned, that is fine for a TV show, but it’s no way to run a country.
Mark January 21 on your calendar. Go out and take a deep breath. It really will be the best of times and the worst of times. We will survive.
This professional (and well-educated) woman is far more concerned about the risks Joe Biden will expose this country to (and already has) than I ever was about Donald Trump. Will be interesting to see how the next few years play out. I pray it doesn’t turn out the way I suspect it will, but so far Joe–throughout his entire career and personal business history, as well as this year’s election rhetoric–has done absolutely nothing to give me any confidence in his leadership or competence, nor has Kamala Harris–California is a horrifically vivid example of several years’ making on how damaging an unchecked progressive platform can be (soon nobody will be left there to pay the state’s bills).
I respect that others feel differently and know my views are likely not popular with some Bedlam Farm readers, but there are a host of us out here who have these concerns and most of us have kept our counsel throughout the election process, which is why the polls have been off big-time. (As a swing state resident–and I kept track–I personally hung up on over 350 pollsters in the four months prior to the election.) Will be interesting to see, but I will pray daily that Biden and Harris will demonstrate more integrity than what we have seen to date, that the Senate remains conservative so some balance is achieved and the institutions of our Supreme Court and personal freedoms remain intact, and I wish them the best. I hope they will surprise me but I admit I have little confidence that will occur, given that the best indicator of future behavior is typically past behavior. But–I am ever hopeful.
Best,
Anne from Montana
Hey Anne, I’m not sure what I am responding to, but I am unaware of any serious accusations about Joe Biden’s integrity, I have seen no concrete evidence at all that he is dishonest beyond being an average pol, especially compared to Donald Trump, who can’t open his mouth without lying. I don’t work for Biden or advocate for him, I’ve never been a fan although he is starting out well. I am not interested in what his children or Mr. Trump’s children do or don’t do. I guess I just don’t understand how anyone can support a person who lies as often as Trump does and then question everyone else’s integrity. You are assuming I am a Biden partisan, I suppose labeling me as a liberal, etc. I’d love to hear how you rationalize Donald Trump’s cruelty and addiction to lying, not to mention his grievous lies about the election and his assaults on democracy itself. Is Rudy GUiliani your idea of an honest politician? I do thank you for your comment, you are welcome here, and I appreciae your civility., no
280,000 dead Americans Anne, that will never pay taxes again.
It’s hard to agree with unsupported conclusions. Could you possibly provide some facts (verifiable) reasons and examples to support your conclusions? Otherwise they’re for sure uninteresting.
I find it somewhat ironic that resident of Montana, which ranks 5th on the list of states most dependent on federal government spending, would criticize California, which ranks 41st on that list. Another example, I suppose, of the difference between an opinion and an informed opinion.
Joe Biden is walking into a mess. A mess that Trump created. I have little doubt that Biden won’t get much done. The Republican party is still undermining our democracy. Few Republicans will admit Biden won the election. And they will undermine Biden. I didn’t like everything President Obama did. A lot I did but his hands were tied too. And I would have supported Trump’s wall. Sorry, but I believe we can’t have people coming into our country undocumented. But when Trump started calling all Hispanics murderers and rapists – well not the ones I know. And how can anyone be so damn stupid to think Mexico would pay for the wall. But we do need to make our borders harder to cross illegally. I didn’t and don’t support the protests concerning police brutality. Not because black lives don’t matter. But good God we are in the middle of a pandemic. Now was not the time. This morning I read there’s another mysterious virus erupting in India. Is Trump going to ignore this one too. During these months we should have been building factories to supply protective gear (gloves, masks and everything else). We shouldn’t be depending on China. Why wasn’t Trump spearheading a move in this direction. And, I can’t support a pathological liar.
Jon…
Thanks for your encouragement and your truths.
The Republican Party’s Civil War might have already started in Arizona. Kelli Ward, a perennial also-ran in US congressional elections, was elected Chair of the Arizona Republican Party on a platform of supporting Trump. She has been contesting Trump’s election loss, which Republican governor Ducey certified on November 30.
After his certification, Ducey took twitter heat from Trump. Then the rift broke open with Ward’s tweet for Ducey to “STHU” (shut the hell up). Normally mild Ducey’s response was “I think what I would say is the feeling’s mutual to her (Ward), and practice what you preach.”
Since then, the Republican-dominated Arizona legislature has been afire.
Giuliani’s recent visit here intensified the situation. Giuliani met with Arizona lawmakers on November 30 to prompt them to intervene on Trump’s behalf. But Giuliani’s COVID infection instead caused the Arizona legislature to shut down.
From here it seems that, where Republicans are predominant, confusion reigns.
We have been Facebook friends for some time now. I’ve always enjoyed reading some of your posts, especially if it was related to pets. What I just read about what you said about Trump saddened me in ways that I cannot imagine. Every one of the democrats has blindsided him from day one. Now that you have slandered, smeared and disrespected our President in such a way, that I feel is not in the american spirit. I am just so saddened that a political organzation such as the Democrats can not show respect for our President. Like it or not he is our President, and this is how you disrespect him. Shame on you. I have no choice but to defriend you. I wish you luck on your farm and your books, which I won’t be buying, by exercising my rights as an american citizen
Lisa Gagliano…Would you be honest enough to uphold President Obama’s term in office when the Republicans hog-tied his every move? They blocked him on every path (indeed, Mitch McConnell said that this was their goal, to block him), and denigrated him at every chance. Where was this “resect” you speak of when Obama was in office?
When Trump was elected, those who saw an opportunity to kiss his butt for profit did just that while the rest of the country, and a huge part of the world shivered, wondering what was going to happen to our beautiful country as it was being ruled by an uncouth spoiled adolescent. Well, now we know. And we voted him out. And when Inauguration Day comes, that noise you will hear will be the millions who finally can stop holding their collective breath.
Nailed it, Jon.
Sure, Jon, but be careful what you ask for ;-). . . . .I feel after all these years I “know” you well enough to assume that your inquiries are not just rhetorical. I do hope that is correct and that you understand my response is respectfully offered, in the hope that perhaps some perspectives “from the other side” may be welcome and beneficial.
First, as to why I supported Trump and am leery of Biden: I look at Presidential candidates as I would job applicants, evaluating past performance (what they have accomplished) as my main criteria, focused foremost on two primary areas: the health of US national defense and the health of the US economy. If these two areas falter, history shows that our country becomes vulnerable to foreign control (financial or otherwise) and all the other (important social) rights we debate so vociferously during elections will in turn likely fall like dominoes. (And my response to anyone advocating “peaceful coexistence” and “globalism” in place of those is: lovely theory, but any student of history will attest that there has not been one single tiny millisecond in the earth’s history that “peaceful co-existence” and “globalism” has ever been a functional world order–and endless reasons based in human nature that it never will. It appears to me that the liberals’ bait-and-switch focus on same is based more in greed/protecting select elitist corporate interests than any kind of real humanitarianism, though they often try to mask it as such.)
So in terms of Presidential candidates, I’m a lot more interested in what they do/have done than the rhetoric offered. I saw Obama/Biden’s foreign policy as abysmal–world terrorism reached unprecedented levels and the US’s response was to send planeloads of cash to the terrorists. Not to mention that we continued to rationalize outsourcing just about everything we needed and became increasingly energy-dependent on less stable countries. . . . and I could go on. Certainly, there are liars on both sides of the aisle, with Trump being no exception–but not nearly as much as is conventionally reported and accepted (witness the websites that make their business of “tracking” Trump’s “lies” and the conventional wisdom that he “lies all the time”. . . I need to start one of those on Pelosi). As a natural skeptic (from as you know a family of journalists) who was initially not overly impressed with Trump, I have taken the time on many occasions to investigate primary information (rather than rely on the biased filtering and clickbait that most people accept for news these days). In some cases, Trump lies (as did Reagan, Clinton, Obama. . . the list goes on). But in most cases where I heard that Trump had said/done something that disturbed me, when I took the time to seek out the primary data (video clips and/or transcripts), I found that the information in context was often a 180 of what was reported. This happened on almost a constant basis. I have–after a lot of such follow-up–concluded that Trump could make a legitimate case that he has probably been the single most mis-reported person in US history (and I suspect 74 million people feel similarly). But then again, Trump is also admittedly his own worst enemy in terms of providing sound-bytes that work against him out of context and he needs a good slap upside the head on Tweeting (but I will take that over Biden’s non-answers any day).
More important, I have felt for several years that while the media has been focused on those issues (along with Joe Biden’s favorite flavor of milkshakes), the real stories during Trump’s term were in what the media did NOT report. Where is the story on how international terrorism declined so steeply, so quickly, during Trump’s tenure? The media apparently assumes that this has either been a lucky accident or just a freak coincidence. It is a story that should have been told. The renegotiated international trade agreements reinvigorated many of the US natural resource industries that are not only the bread-and-butter of our economy but also ended unnecessary US vulnerability to other countries. Where are the stories on that? And I was fascinated to listen to a 90-minute interview with the Israeli Ambassador prior to the day that the historic Israeli/UAE peace accord was executed, but the level of information he provided on the Trump administration’s carefully executed and long-term historic efforts in the Mid-East barely merited a fifth-page nod in most domestic media outlets. I could cite example after example. The truth is that, as obnoxious and narcissistic as Trump can be (which unfortunately for him just feeds the bias against him), his administration has accomplished a great deal. Is Trump rude? Yup. Does he lie? Yup, but not as often as everyone wants to think (and Biden does too, just more politely). Is he a racist? Well, he’s sure done a lot more than his predecessor did for minorities, hence their significantly increased support, so no, I don’t buy that. And I am more than willing to go on record to say that every day of this pandemic I have been thankful that Trump (and not Hillary or Biden) were President, because while it is in vogue to blow right by what Trump has done, he started off by taking a ton of criticism for closing flights from China last January, which is arguably one of the single most critical factors that has occurred in limiting and/or delaying the COVID’s spread in the US and saving US lives. We are also so willing to overlook the other things he did that bore fruit over time and which I can’t imagine any recent Democrat President initiating: partnering with private-industry to rebuild our medical supplies and driving tirelessly to facilitate the unprecedented speed and agency support in vaccine development. Urban liberals won’t agree but I’ll firmly add: also recognizing that the states have rights in terms of pandemic management (sorry, but Andrew Cuomo’s governing tactics may have been applicable for his specific urban areas–though there are legitimate questions arising on that now–but they would never fly in this part of the country, with good reason). And it is notable that DeBlasio has suddenly had the epiphany that the children of the nation’s largest school district should be back to school because the “science” shows that school environments are less at risk for passing COVID than most other environments, when everyone blasted Trump for saying it a few months ago. (I’ll admit I did my own 180 on that–I started my professional life as a teacher, have a condition that potentially makes me vulnerable, and I was initially empathetic to those concerns. Then as I studied up on it, I came to understand that grocery store/retail workers–and even me, in my non-teaching current deal-with-the-public job–are probably at much higher risk than most teachers. I also reminded myself that even pre-pandemic, no job is 100% safe 100% of the time, and what I saw passing for online education–even with sincere effort behind it–to a third-grader in my family utterly chilled me. Children’s learning aptitudes decrease steeply after about age 8, and the early years in school are too critical for us to sacrifice them without severe scrutiny.)
In terms of integrity, I find it a major issue (full disclosure, I just deleted the words “utter crap” here) that Biden repeatedly refused to answer the inquiry–from almost all media–as to whether or not he would support packing the Supreme Court. I can’t imagine more condescending or elitist behavior (especially given his “reason” for not answering). Joe Biden was applying for a job, and all the US voters serving as his selection committee certainly deserved a thoughtful answer to such a critical issue, and instead we received a flippant put-off–(and there have been so many more).
I understand and respect that you do not care what Biden’s or Trump’s children do (and it is admirable) but I am of a very practical bent and, given that I deal with large-scale investment transactions every day and see up close and personal the pressure such agreements can exert on their investors, I have a lot of concerns about candidates made vulnerable to foreign influence, and from what I have seen, there is certainly some legitimate concern as to what Biden’s own role may well have been–long after he embarked on a political career–in his family’s business consortium with Chinese investors.
With regard to your other inquiries, borrowing from your wise consideration of those “inverse silver linings,” I believe Trump’s response (legal challenges) to the election will ultimately be a great gift to all Americans because regardless of the outcome, our election process will be stronger for it. We know there were certainly numerous substantiated examples of malfeasance and/or incompetence in the vote-tallying process; whether or not the numbers involved or the related legal issues were sufficiently substantive to change the results, I am in no position to judge, but I do know that these legal challenges will guarantee more safeguards in future elections. As for Rudy Guiliani: although I watched from afar, my family has deep ties to NYC and (again being very practical) I did respect his successful efforts to salvage the city and make it safe again (though this has now sadly been undone completely on DeBlasio’s watch) and I also admired his response coming back from 9/11. That past performance goes a long way with me. I have not watched him as closely during this election as his role was not as a candidate and I’ve been more focused on the Presidential and local races. But your inquiry has prompted a thought: I just haven’t seen the crucial leadership skills (“aptitudes” as opposed to “platitudes”) among the liberal candidates that I do in the conservative ones, and FWIW, I think that–along with the elitism you have called out–this was the a crucial failing among many so many Democrat candidates nation-wide.
Okay, I could say more but I’ll shut up soon and get ready to take my flogging from the rest of your readers. Thanks for the chance to offer the view from the other side of the precipice, Jon. I would just note that there are a lot more of us out here than many liberals seem to understand, and would observe to those who want to flog me. . . . we are not the “uneducated white male owners of big trucks.” That profile has been completely wrong (as profiling so often is) and is a too-easy stereotype that allows Dems (elitist Dems in particular) to rationalize their own positions without fair questioning and/or debate of the actual issues. I would further observe to the liberals that there are many of us among your friends but you don’t know it, and I suspect that if you could successfully poll Trump supporters, you might find the majority are very well-educated and professionally successful. What I can say for sure to most liberals is that we are the friendly silent ones at your dinner parties (when we can have ’em again:-/) whom you automatically assume agree with your politics because we don’t argue and smile noncommittally when the subject arises. We do that because so many of our liberal friends have expounded about how they have “permanently cut ties” with “friends” who “have ridiculous political views.” (I have heard this from multiple friends who do not realize I am conservative, and which I find strange given that liberal philosophy has–or used to have–theoretical foundations in freedom of opinion). So I appreciate being asked why I think what I think, and most especially your hospitality, Jon, and that’s probably why I’ve gone on too long here. But I believe that it is only if we learn to ask and listen to each other that we can admit there are issues to resolve from “both sides of the aisle” and heal our country again–one personal conversation at a time. Thanks for listening.
Best,
Anne from Montana
Anne, my apologies, I just don’t have the time or honestly, the will to buy into your sad rationalizations for lying, cruelty, and sedition. You don’t need to shut up, but your stereotypes, generalizations and ignorant assumptions about all “liberals” are just not something I want to discuss with you. I don’t permit hatred and bigotry here, and I feel your message reeks of both. Good luck in your beliefs, I hope you get what you want and need, my fear is you will get what you deserve –we are all getting what you deserve. Elitism is unfortunate, lying and treason is worse.
How sad to read this narrow-minded and heartless justification. Liberals do not have all the answers, but they ought not to be demonized for caring about people more than Donald Trump. I have the sad feeling you have no idea what you are supporting, and the harm it is causing innocent people, including the 1,000 every day because of your disturbed and narcissistic leader. Most of what you have written is knee jerk propaganda and garbage. Please take your views elsewhere, this is not a discussion I can stomach now. I’d suggest Fox News or CNN, you can justify yourself all you wish there. Not here.
Re “The story of an emotionally challenged narcissistic adolescent who unaccountably finds himself running the world’s most powerful country is a thriller almost beyond imagination. I can’t wait for the movie.” [should “a secret Russian asset” be inserted?], I just read that Hollywoodis looking for thriller scripts,but I can’t see what the main character has that could hold my interest. Besides can you imagine a protagonist who makes toddlers cry for their parents and doesn’t like dogs?
Comedy maybe.
My god you’re making me salivate:
” Trump sees himself as a Big Boy, but when he attacks the Republican hierarchy, he is up against some of the most polished assassins and street fighters on the planet. [ this sentence alone should get you the Nobel Prize ] …
” Mitch McConnel, that most velvet of shivs, is up to taking on Trump, and so are the establishment night fighters of the GOP. They just need a critical mass of renegades masking as patriots. They made Trump and protected him, they can take him down….
” ocean water turning red…. ”
Great article
“Mitch McConnell, that most velvet of shivs, ….”
Jon, your always interesting and sometimes brilliant wordsmithing gives me quite a lot of comfort. That is Mitch to a T, and both more thoughtful and more reavealing of his deadliness, than the swearing I usually find myself indulging in. Thanks.
As much as we wait patiently to kick Trump out of our lives – at least out of the WH, the next few weeks will show us who the real patriotic Republicans are. In any other country, the actions and behavior of Trump and all those enablers since the elections can be called an attempted “Coup”, punishable under law, but we are forced to accept their corrosive behavior as a norm in today’s political landscape of the US. Even the Supreme Court is making the right calls and pathetic to see those around this sociopath is blind to reality and selling their souls to the devil.
Wonder how these enablers would react if the Democrats question every State won by Trump – just a comparison of those thoughts can be a very interesting study.
It would seem that during the past five years we all have learned much about Donald J. Trump, enough in fact to probably have given us at least 72 semester hours in Abnormal Psychology. If only we could afford to go on to get our MAs and PhDs in psychology.
Jon,
I wish I could share your optimism that the Republican leaders will wipe the Trump stain off of themselves as soon as he departs. I’m convinced they are less intimidated by him than the 70 million Trump supporters who can oust incumbents in a primary as fast as a tweet. Jeff Sessions may agree. His power of personality, some go so far as to compare to cult, tells me Trump will hold real power over the primary voters and incumbents dare not cross the line. 2022 primary races start soon.
Thanks Dan, optimism isn’t a political choice for me it is the way I look at the world…One can choose to be hopeful, or choose not to be…It’s just the way I see the world..Pain is inevitable, suffering is a choice.