Trump Refuses the Good Night
Trump has now been indicted, twice. Add this to the two impeachments, the inciting of an insurrection, the many lies, and the utter disregard for the effects of his behavior and his words. He obviously knows that he can gather and direct his mobs at intuitions and individuals like an archer with an arrow, but he doesn’t care as long as he gets the result he wants. The ends will always justify the means.
He is now, finally, facing justice. Of course, he is squealing like a pig on the way to slaughter over the fact the consequences are now coming for him. After 70+ years of being a complete jerk/crook, justice is pounding on his door. And he is scared.
And he should be.
There have been many jokes about Trump being a 'mob boss', but as the revelations show, it's not a joke. Jim Jordan is chairing a “Weaponization of the Government” committee, but it was always Trump who used the Department of Justice, under both AG Sessions and Barr, to go after political enemies and their families, including their children.
Their children.
Barr and Sessions have tried to blame others, (of course they did) but they were in charge, and their denials of Trump's involvement is laughable. Trump was constantly calling for investigations of those who dared to criticize him, and the DOJ responded and bowed to his will. The demands for records went out when Devin Nunes was head of the House investigative committee, which is also not a likely coincidence. The DOJ 'investigated' only journalists and Democrats. It was all political. And Trump was the smiling cobra at the center of it all, grinning and directing behind the scenes. He's the Blofeld of the GOP, stroking his cat (he hates cats) and directing his minions to hurt and kill but keeping his own hands clean.
This is beyond 'Watergate'. John Dean, former Nixon lawyer who famously came out against Nixon, called Trump's actions, "...beyond Nixon, yes. It's Nixon on stilts and steroids."
Nixon on stilts and steroids.
Trump may be out of office, but he is not out of influence. He may have led the party when they lost the White House, the House, and the Senate, but he still leads the party.
And that's the problem isn't it?
Trump doesn't care if he burns down the country, as long as he doesn't have to admit he lost the election to Joe Biden. He will keep lying, keep fundraising off the lies he tells, and keep feeding the anger and misery his followers feel. He just doesn't care. Trump is all, and Trump only cares about Trump. He will do anything to prove himself right. If he destroys the country doing so, that's fine with him.
And here we are. Twice indicted, twice impeached, with more charges and indictments surely to come. But Trump keeps spewing his lies.
As long as he wins, it doesn't matter.
Let the country burn.
The flames won't reach Trump Tower.