Our worst president may be yet to come. He or she will build on the damage Donald Trump has already done.If Congress doesn’t stand up to the abuses of President Trump, he will become the ‘new normal’ for our elected officials.
Our future worst-ever president will double-down on the Trump strategy of declawing the justice system, judicial review, checks-and-balances and the Bill of Rights.
Trump 2.0 will threaten endless national emergencies and shutdowns, and will fill a cabinet with fixers and family members totally unqualified to face a real emergency.
She or he will go full Orwell, making hidden payments to dictate media content and bribing favored media outlets with special access.
Our children will encouraged to hate entire populations and religious faiths, and to scapegoat billions of people as rapists, murderers and drug runners.
If the 116th Congress doesn’t go on record and signal to future Americans — through impeachment — that this president is lethal to our democracy, we’ll be punished with an even worse Donald Trump.
God help us if that one is smart and industrious.
Neil Shapiro
Pat, you got that right. We’re in uncharted territory. And going down the drain, unless we can somehow reverse the effects of this malignant clown.
Pat Shiplett
I’m as worried as you are, Neil/
Edna Grad
My sentiment exactly! I think we actually spoke about how “normal” everything has become since we got used to his antics…
Pat Shiplett
It is surreal, Edna.
Rich Quinn
And Enabling Cowards like Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and JeffFlake will have their names in history books, too.
Patrick Shiplett
When this all shakes out, there will be plenty of people jumping ship.