This analysis is way too simplistic. Obviously we all would like Trump to go, but we simply don't have the luxury of waiting until 2028. This is another analysis hyper-focusing on Trump, when in fact, it's the entire Republican party (not to mention our entire elections system) that is rotten to the core. Post-Watergate we were to a limited extent able to rebuild some guardrails, but today the corruption is so endemic and deep rooted, it will be much more challenging to restore something democracy-like in our institutions. Republicans are pulling out all stops to cling to power in Congress. Despite a blue wave sentiment it will take an extraordinary effort to overcome the election interference Republicans have spent years developing. We know that winning the House by itself will be insufficient (we just saw that movie). We will need to recapture both Chambers and we will need to pressure Democrats to take extraordinary steps to rebuild our democracy and dissasemble the Republican authoritarian machine. Citizen activists can afford no rest after the midterms. Finally, we must be brave enough to tackle the most controversial issues, - packing the courts, ending electoral college and undoing citizens united.
It seems simplistic because this country stopped fixing its biggest problems 40 years ago. We should commit to putting those at the top of the to-do list, and do them, while also addressing black-swan issues like electing a sociopath to high office or allowing a president to move forward without adhering to criteria such as releasing tax data and divesting from business interests. Avoiding those thing is what opened the door to every other damn thing Trump wanted to do. Hard and fast rules, with fckng jail consequences, not norms and guardrails.
I think you’re underestimating the power of being betrayed too many times on too many fronts when you say that our global alliances will recover based on mutual interest. Maybe, eventually, but others will be wary, given the prospect that treaties may or may not be honored by subsequent administrations and by the population that votes them in and out of office. For others, this isn’t just about Trump. It’s about the population that elected him after an attempted coup. Their betrayal isn’t by Trump alone, but by the USA.
Trump (45th & 47th) has joined Cleveland (22nd & 24th) as the ONLY hyphenated-term presidents. And as Trump is clearly BOTH the very WORST USA president of all time but also the SECOND WORST USA president of all time. Nobody will ever match, let alone surpass, Trump's accomplishment of poor leadership!
I suspect your guess on the three areas of abuse that history will remember Trump for are right on target. And, all I can say, for how we will recover as a nation, is "from your computer, to God's ear"! I totally loved reading your piece! Your comparison of Louis XIV's "the state is me" to Trump is apt!!
“So the best option is to impeach and convict Trump between Election Day 2028 (assuming it brings a Democratic president) and Inauguration Day 2029, with the help of new Democratic senators elected that year and sworn in by early January, plus a few Republican senators trying to get right with their constituents and their grandchildren. The Senate should make the conviction effective at 11:59 a.m. on Jan. 20. That way, Trump is stained by removal from office and Vance is remembered as the one-minute president who didn’t even get the chance to be sworn in.”
I like this idea, assuming we can preserve free and fair elections through 2028. I am not optimistic.
HERE'S WHAT WE DO: "So the best option is to impeach and convict Trump between Election Day 2028 (assuming it brings a Democratic president) and Inauguration Day 2029, with the help of new Democratic senators elected that year and sworn in by early January, plus a few Republican senators trying to get right with their constituents and their grandchildren. The Senate should make the conviction effective at 11:59 a.m. on Jan. 20. That way, Trump is stained by removal from office and Vance is remembered as the one-minute president who didn’t even get the chance to be sworn in."
How does one bad FDR EO compare to the orange dumpster's horrific 225 EOs since Jan. 20, 2025?
I am not trying to make light of the Japanese internment, but the US had just been attacked to start the official US involvement in WWII, whereas the orange dumpster's EOs are all cruel, lawless and many other wrong doings.
This analysis is way too simplistic. Obviously we all would like Trump to go, but we simply don't have the luxury of waiting until 2028. This is another analysis hyper-focusing on Trump, when in fact, it's the entire Republican party (not to mention our entire elections system) that is rotten to the core. Post-Watergate we were to a limited extent able to rebuild some guardrails, but today the corruption is so endemic and deep rooted, it will be much more challenging to restore something democracy-like in our institutions. Republicans are pulling out all stops to cling to power in Congress. Despite a blue wave sentiment it will take an extraordinary effort to overcome the election interference Republicans have spent years developing. We know that winning the House by itself will be insufficient (we just saw that movie). We will need to recapture both Chambers and we will need to pressure Democrats to take extraordinary steps to rebuild our democracy and dissasemble the Republican authoritarian machine. Citizen activists can afford no rest after the midterms. Finally, we must be brave enough to tackle the most controversial issues, - packing the courts, ending electoral college and undoing citizens united.
It seems simplistic because this country stopped fixing its biggest problems 40 years ago. We should commit to putting those at the top of the to-do list, and do them, while also addressing black-swan issues like electing a sociopath to high office or allowing a president to move forward without adhering to criteria such as releasing tax data and divesting from business interests. Avoiding those thing is what opened the door to every other damn thing Trump wanted to do. Hard and fast rules, with fckng jail consequences, not norms and guardrails.
I think you’re underestimating the power of being betrayed too many times on too many fronts when you say that our global alliances will recover based on mutual interest. Maybe, eventually, but others will be wary, given the prospect that treaties may or may not be honored by subsequent administrations and by the population that votes them in and out of office. For others, this isn’t just about Trump. It’s about the population that elected him after an attempted coup. Their betrayal isn’t by Trump alone, but by the USA.
Trump (45th & 47th) has joined Cleveland (22nd & 24th) as the ONLY hyphenated-term presidents. And as Trump is clearly BOTH the very WORST USA president of all time but also the SECOND WORST USA president of all time. Nobody will ever match, let alone surpass, Trump's accomplishment of poor leadership!
I suspect your guess on the three areas of abuse that history will remember Trump for are right on target. And, all I can say, for how we will recover as a nation, is "from your computer, to God's ear"! I totally loved reading your piece! Your comparison of Louis XIV's "the state is me" to Trump is apt!!
“So the best option is to impeach and convict Trump between Election Day 2028 (assuming it brings a Democratic president) and Inauguration Day 2029, with the help of new Democratic senators elected that year and sworn in by early January, plus a few Republican senators trying to get right with their constituents and their grandchildren. The Senate should make the conviction effective at 11:59 a.m. on Jan. 20. That way, Trump is stained by removal from office and Vance is remembered as the one-minute president who didn’t even get the chance to be sworn in.”
I like this idea, assuming we can preserve free and fair elections through 2028. I am not optimistic.
HERE'S WHAT WE DO: "So the best option is to impeach and convict Trump between Election Day 2028 (assuming it brings a Democratic president) and Inauguration Day 2029, with the help of new Democratic senators elected that year and sworn in by early January, plus a few Republican senators trying to get right with their constituents and their grandchildren. The Senate should make the conviction effective at 11:59 a.m. on Jan. 20. That way, Trump is stained by removal from office and Vance is remembered as the one-minute president who didn’t even get the chance to be sworn in."
Was FDR great when he signed Executive Order 9066?
How does one bad FDR EO compare to the orange dumpster's horrific 225 EOs since Jan. 20, 2025?
I am not trying to make light of the Japanese internment, but the US had just been attacked to start the official US involvement in WWII, whereas the orange dumpster's EOs are all cruel, lawless and many other wrong doings.
A non-denial denial.
Gee, it's tough to make tough decisions as a president. When are you stepping up?
If you think so, that's all that matters, right?