02-21-2021, 05:06 PM
(02-21-2021, 04:27 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(02-21-2021, 04:13 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-21-2021, 03:39 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: We can only hope that the same thing happens to Trump and his movement that happened with his casino building.
If he implodes, it will be some time before it happens. I suspect his shadow, if not his actual presence, will be felt for the next cycle or two. MAGA losing bigly in 2022/4 will hasten the process, but we have to wade through those elections first.
Look on the bright side. He may be a gift that keeps on giving.
We'll see. I suspect he will fade away rapidly after the current fourth turning, which is his climate and mood. But there may be others later who have such "gifts" for us, as human nature doesn't shift rapidly, except for those wonderful bursts forward in 2Ts, and sometimes during the embattled 4Ts, like ours maybe (?).
For me, the big questions are whether he can keep the big lie of voter fraud in the 2020 election alive, and whether anyone else can claim the place that first Palin then Trump held with the Republican base. Even in the second impeachment he did not produce evidence supporting the big lie. In throwing his insurrectionists under the bus for a shot at delaying the ceremonial counting of votes for a few hours, he may have put the whole movement in an impossible place. I figure the cops are now taking red violence seriously, and that the insurrection is going to be a one time thing. At the very least, the violent people will have to change tactics in a significant way.
It looks like the various justice departments in New York, Georgia and Washington DC will keep Trump in legal trouble indefinitely, We'll see how it all plays out.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.