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Marycat2021's avatar

Of course Trump is eroding US democracy and has been doing so since 2016. And he will flog this raid of Mar A Lago into his greatest lie yet. One thing, though - I don't think this second haul of boxes was as big (27) as you state, but only 12. Add that to the original 15, and you get 27 total.

Trump is a master at playing the victim - it's why he survived two impeachments. Remember the Rev. Jim Jones? He played victim so well that he persuaded 900 devoted followers to follow him to Guyana, and later to their deaths. What I see happening in Trump's case is that his cult won't grow, but it will continue to grow tighter and more fanatical. He will not retake the presidency, but down-ticket races will continue to see more Trumpist candidates winning their elections, which will further weaken the country and enable another fanatic (Greg Abbott? Ron DeSantis?) to rise to power after Trump dies, which he probably will within the next decade.

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Joseph Vincent's avatar

I agree, Jon - this is scary shit. Let's engage in a Twilight Zone fantasy and imagine that we are not now living in America but are instead in mid-30s Germany. Our current Hitler has been shouting that the Reichstag fire (2020 "stolen" election) entitles him to be re-instated as Fuhrer, and large crowds grow glassy eyed at the mention of his name. With the perspective of hindsight, we might expect the rude slap of a re-emergent Trump autocratic regime. On the other hand, we might realize that Trump never fully exploited his Reichstag moment because he lacks vision, humility, and intelligence, and will just be remembered as the Al Capone of the 21st century.

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