Donald Trump is sloppy and he doesn’t care. He’s likely flirting with a sense of invincibility. He’s survived the 91 counts, including the 34 that got him a mug shot. Nothing sticks, many are still pandering and bending the knee before him. The beast is being fed.
His poll numbers are pretty bad, and people are protesting, but even these things don’t matter to him, ultimately. As shaken as he might get from time to time, he’s not going anywhere. He’s got an army of lawyers looking for loopholes. And if they can’t find any, he’ll use sheer heavy-handedness. He’ll dig in the heels, try to hold onto power by any means necessary. He knows he can probably count on enough of his worshipers to make trouble and turn things ugly if need be. People are already being silenced and bought. The intimidation has already started. Let’s just acknowledge that this is where we are now.
It’s going to become increasingly difficult to keep things peaceful, especially as the administration continues to chip away at the foundation, as the tariffs and uncertainty and the staffing and funding cuts and all the other brainless things really start taking their toll. Life is liable to get more difficult than it already is.
We’ll all be needing stiffened spines, especially members of Congress.
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