He really does want to just burn it all down, doesn’t he. Do you get the feeling he wants to punish the whole country, hell, the whole world for not adoring him sufficiently?
Sadly, the only thing that would have awakened the republicans is if one of them had gotten killed on January 6, 2021. Who am I kidding? That damn near happened and those idiots still continued enabling him.
Some of the ones in Congress were on Fox News the day after incensed at what nearly happened to them and were already carrying water for him on air before the month ran out.
America tried to tell him “NO”. He can’t forgive that. We are about to see what happens when other nations try the same thing. He likes his revenge served hot.
Donald Trump has the analytical skills and emotional makeup of a three-year old. He is lazy, impatient, lacking in any moral core or conviction, vain, a creature of his own basest impulses, incoherent when speaking, and quite likely the owner of several personality disorders.
But the guy who insisted on his Secret Service detail stopping to let him extend a fist into the air shortly after an assassination attempt knows and understands symbolism and its power. It is probably the one thing he does understand better than your average person, because he finds it useful in manipulating situations to his own advantage. He probably doesn’t get it at the level of analysis - I’d be shocked if he can explain why something works the way it does, but he has a gut feel for it that rivals Ronald Reagan, FDR, and George Washington.
Unfortunately the new administration has privatized the quarry and most of us don’t have enough money to afford the full “throw yourself in” service, they offer affordable “moments of oblivion” packages, starting with an hour…