Trump will prevail in ruing everything we have and have held dear if we continue to let him. All, pretty much, all his behavior is criminal, despicable and unAmerican. All. He’s uncooperative, unrepentant. Will pardon himself if we are dumb enough to let him.
Will we swear him in although he has defamed us all, stolen or rigged the election we don’t dare not swear him in. Swear to what, who, with what repercussions? You me, we can’t do anything. He, they, they, can’t. We don’t blame them? Yeah sure we do because surely someone is responsible, but we don’t know who. Oh wait. Trump. He could remove himself to rehab for his drug addiction. The loss of normal sleep that includes REM cycles has him psychotic. That’s got to be what we’re seeing. Not the Trump of 2016. Pleasant orange glow. Svelte by comparison to the 2023 version. No time for trials!.. because of his personal drive to avoid them.
Judge Chutkan is the hopeful we have at the moment. Cannon seems to be feeding Trump’s worst impulses as Smith bides his time with her for the time being. But Chutkan, a federal judge with plenty of tools and power has a hearing on August 28th to set a trial date has pledged to reign in this defendants pretrial behavior. She told defendant Donald John Trump, she would speed the timeline if Trump fails to control himself concerning witness tampering. Did she mention threats to herself, too? Maybe should have since a woman from TX has been visited by law enforcement due to a threat Trump encouraged. I’m not on Chutkan’s speed dial but lawyers opine about what remedies she can wield. But the repercussions…. we pale again. Will she demure?
We remember what he did and what he was capable of. Is he still? Believe it.
How has Fox news in every military base formed the feeling about Trump in our country? Hurts to think about it. Police, FBI. The place where good guys and bad guys meet and greet. Some are good, some good enough. Trump thinks he lives on the streets. One of the guys. One bad dude. Ya know, gold toilet guy is right. A drug addicted scammer on the run. Lies to everyone. Runs from everyone. No “relationships” that aren’t transactional in nature. No pets except for the young women that serve his ego. No Lord Byron here, he contributes nothing. He enjoys the omelette bar and little else one would guess.
He’s not in court alone but has normies with him. In expensive suits and although doing Donnies bidding as they come with statutes and writs and delay. Trump is technically a defendant. It’s a role he doesn’t understand. He’s the predator in chief.
The moment is painful. What do we do with pain? Avoid it.
So that’s it? Wait for him to leave isn’t really Option 2 either. He, like Goldilocks bears will rape, (so sorry Goldilocks in the x rated version typical of Trump Tower) pillage and leave for greener pastures. But there is no greener pasture than America the beautiful. So he won’t go. The idea he has said, so believe him, is his permanent “presidency”. Like Putin in the land of alcoholism. We are drowning in guns, so can we judge? So we have some thinking to do. If we can’t get rid of him, we will have lots of splain’in’ to do to the world at large. How they used to look to us. Now, I can nearly look in the mirror.
Option 3 looks dangerous and full of violence. We haven’t had any for a while. We don’t like how Trump’s “folks” demonstrate. We don’t like the swastikas or the anti black, or jewish sentiments. Chinese or drag queen bs is not ok. You know the extended list, I’m fatigued. Ron DeSantis and his agenda may not be gone but no one likes the guy. Period. Throw money at him, have him dance like a loon, no one likes him. The party has failed. Who can do something about it?
Republican party doesn’t have any viable candidate. None. Trump isn’t viable but we treat him as such due to… math? no, the voting population hasn’t changed radically and he lost the 2020. Who among those now in play wouldn’t pardon him. How will they wrestle the nom from Trump? People are gaming out the different pending trials getting all kinds of excited because in Georgia, he cannot be pardoned because a president can only pardon those charged in the federal system not from conviction at the state level. GOP trolls, on tv too, are making fun of the “get trump” movement. Yeah, “get” him as if it weren’t deserved and more. And yet,
And yet, all the news and indeed this article, to my chagrin, is about Trump and the Republican Party. Can he still bring it? Can he keep it going, will others help. Polls are maddening could they be true? Can this behavior be bringing more supporters to him or are the polls bogus as suspected. Will it matter with the laws being passed to overturn elections, their many successful moves at limiting voting. They want to hold the keys, drive the boat but who’s at the helm and to where. Shhhh, not to worry, not your concern. But Trump is their guy and they will fail this time destined for prison or how else will he write the end of the story he began.
There was no election fraud. The Hunter Biden “laptop” is a an attempt to slander Joe Biden since Joe is clean. The Special Council appointed is fine although I’d be surprised if some “people” of note aren’t found in the new improved investigation of the same stuff. Perhaps the Ukraine years may fine a Rudy lurking. Each and every attack is a fantasy of someones mind whose job or pretend job is to help Trump and screw America. America = democracy.
I love a big fat red white and blue all inclusive democracy. How about you?
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I mostly agree with you too. I’m just one small voice, not the decider. If only I were. But, the world is complex and contains everything we know and other things too. Politics included. As a people watcher although not perfect I get feelings from people about their character. Biden is sold to us as a decent man who’s looking out for people. I believe he his moral compass is working and aligned with my values. His ability to make positive change after so much tearing down of NATO, science bc of Covid and the very poor information pushed of anti mask info, ivermectin. He’s a person and people by nature are flawed, make errors and I’m sure Joe Biden makes mistakes and errors and regrets them. And there’s the difference for me with the comparison with Trump. Is he evil? I’m not an exorcist but he’s an unrepentant foolish man who thinks we don’t see his bad behavior, theft, selfishness. He’s playing the world for fools which we are not and doing evil even if he is not evil. The discussion of ‘does evil exist’ is one I’m willing to have but not here.
Biden botched the Anita Hill hearings in more than one way. My husband wouldn’t forgive that, really bothered him when he first ran. I also was not thrilled on that subject but I knew NATO needed what he could do. The economic changes to a different plan alone will be historic. Perfect guy? Nice politician? For a writer, writing broad thoughts and looking to make impressions on people that may stick in the brain, a bit of high contrast or exaggeration helps.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Overall I tend to agree with what you write but I do diverge in one big area. You say something along the lines that Biden is clean. I recognize that Trump is an existential threat to not only this country but to the world. However, recognizing that one side is “bad” does not mean the opposing side is “good.”
I have issues with ALL politicians as all politicians are human. I do not see what is happening as a battle between good and evil or right versus wrong. I see evidence of “true believer” righteousness on the left. However, the left does not appear to be nearly as extreme or dangerous as the right. Everything is complicated.