The manic days are becoming more maniacal. The only restraints on Trump’s actions are ordinary people going to the Street or voting. The Republican House and Senate have stepped away from their powers and become either cowed or rabid, and 6 members of the Supreme Court have become Trump’s collaborators. The powers in business and law are happy to pay their way into his favor. His personal wealth may have tripled in the past 10 months. Thus, released from any pressure except sickness or death, Trump has created that moment when, if you imagine he can do it, he might do it.
Prepare for war with Venezuela, sure.
Tear down 1/3rd of the White House, of course.
Build a gilded Ballroom in its place funded by bribes, yep.
Order the Navy to murder nameless human beings on boats in the Caribbean, ok.
Why not declare martial law in Blue cities? Say, beginning with New York when Mamdani wins?
Why not run for a 3rd Term?
Why not create Death Squads? We already have the masked men from ICE hauling away and occasionally shooting anyone they please if they are brown or filming them or just in the way.
Why not order drone strikes on “enemies” within American borders?
Dread has become less a nightmare than merely a matter of being patient.
What can you imagine?
