But the last election did two things: it democratically elected for another term a man who would do anything going forward to remain in office, potentially past his constitutionally-mandated term and that campaign served as a prequel for what is to come in the way of political retribution against his actual and perceived political opponents. Secondly, reprisal and retribution will be the mark of Trump II as the American people are about to discover.
Think back to the first assassination attempt: it was in that fleeting moment that we saw the mask fall from Trump's face. His true nature was suddenly and unexpectedly on display for all to see. Getting even showed in the fury of his eyes and foreshadowed what is about to come in a second Trump term. Shades of the Inquisition and Star Chamber will follow as Trump attempts to silence and politically neutralize his opponents. What the American people are about to witness and endure will be the final nail in the coffin of their collective and common democracy. Trump the Dictator is about to be born. It will be American against American and that can only give encouragement and succour to the enemies of democracy both within and without. Over the next four years, Americans likely will endure successive trials and tribulations that the body politic has never seen before.
Americans will know no check on Trump's power. The legislative and judicial branches of government have already been effectively cowered by Trump and MAGA. Going forward, it's all and anything goes for Trump.
Trump will make Nixon look like a political amateur when it comes to usurping American democracy and pushing forward his dictatorial agenda. After a long, damaging fight against democracy, a political realignment will come and Republicans who so willingly carried out the Trump agenda will face the electoral wrath of the people. Trump will have pushed the United States close to a second civil war and thinking people will eventually come to recognize what a political folly it was to put this man in power again. In the end, Trump and MAGA will destroy the Republican party for eternity. Trump will inevitably consign Republicans to Whig party status.
Trump II will have tested the loyalty of Americans and disrupted the firm bonds that keep the nation together. When Trump leaves office will come a political reckoning the likes the country has not seen before. Trump II will end with more of a whimper than a bang. Trump claims to want to make America Great Again. Ironically, his second term in office will do more to test the integrity and common purpose of the United States than any president who has served before him. Be careful what you ask or vote for. In the end, that can potentially be the undoing of all that has come to symbolize the greatness, freedom and democracy of the United States. Trump II will be an unprecedented close call for democracy. But God willing, the nation will ultimately prevail, having become stronger and better after having painfully and dramatically learned its Trump lessons only too well.
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