A funny thing happened to Donald Trump in the past month. After spending much of the year on a sort of revanchist blitzkrieg that terrified the left and convinced many that his second term would far outpace his first, Trump has begun to genuinely fail. And the failure, for those who followed the last time closely, is familiar: Rising autocracy is headed off by rank incompetence. (New York)
I read articles like this, and I hope to find some new revelation, some insight, that I, as just an ordinary American, might have overlooked. But alas alack, once I finish reading articles like this, I sit at my computer, speaking to no one but the screen and say, “holy shit, who didn’t know this already, and if they didn’t know this already where the fuck have they been?”
Trump has demonstrated his incompetence ever since he arrived on the front pages of tabloids. He has set out to ruin almost every business he has owned or operated, he has been a proven liar, and he has always surrounded himself with the worst of the lot, because that ilk of almost human being is selfish, self-serving individuals, who also demonstrate little value for, well, morals or values.
As Trump announced his team for his second round of “let’s fuck America,” each and every candidate he announced came with at least five flaws, everything from wife beaters, friends of Putin, pedophile protectors, fraudsters, hypocrites and liars. The Republicans in the Senate did not bother to check and balance Trump, preferring to keep out of his harm’s way, giving zero shits for how his team could and would still harm America.
So much of politics frustrates me, so much of Trump bugs the shit out of me, but when I read articles from which professional journalists seem to suddenly be awake and aware of the obvious dangers from Trump I want to SCREAM!
