Dear America,
Unfortunately, it seems that predictions of the failure of Trump's peace plan for Gaza are going to be born out, and Trump's bloviations on the subject are being relegated to the pile of his self-aggrandizing claims for a Nobel Peace Prize. Despite Trump's imprecations, Hamas has claimed that it cannot meet Trump's deadline with regard to the deceased hostages because many of them are buried under the rubble created by Israeli bombing, just as Netanyahu has ignored them relative to his continued bombing of Gaza creating more rubble with which to bury more hostages. But this pattern of self-proclaimed grandiosity is the norm for Trump, except for his claims regarding Democrat run cities around the nation. Not only are his claims in that regard persisting, he is acting against those cities and their states by sending troops to them, and all of that is far more important than Trump's hollow efforts to effect peace plans. The troops are meaningless now, but they are both an augury of future tactics and a portent of Trump's political plans for 2028 and beyond. If he can get away with flooding cities that will almost certainly vote against his presidential designee in that election, he can use that military occupation as a mechanism by which to stay in power and subdue what he will designate a criminal conspiracy to fix the election just like he did in 2000, as did his kindred spirit in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. If he can be so brazen as to formulate his international tariff policy to support Bolsonaro, who was convicted anyway, he can be brazen enough to reiterate both his and Bolsonaro's attempts at usurping power under false pretenses...again.
I have often said that Democrats are oriented toward people and Republicans are oriented toward things, like money. Thus, the threat that Trump constitutes to democracy in this country should be apparent to the Republicans in control of congress and they should recognized the threat it is to even themselves, more than half of whom are millionaires. After all, no Republicans dare to dispute Trump's often bizarre ideation on governance, which in the end diminishes the power of the rest of the government as designed by our constitution. To that extent, their own power is diminished both in terms of politics and affluence because he has demonstrated his willingness to punish those who resist or oppose him, and his retribution can take many forms, especially including litigation that can ruin his adversaries financially. It's lucrative to be a congressman or senator because of the connections such offices precipitate, so losing the opportunities that congress yields is a real threat to one's lifestyle. And then of course there is the evisceration of our rights and freedoms, which also threaten Republicans just as it does Democrats and independents. In other words, even Republicans have a great deal to lose by letting Trump run rampant through our democracy.
I recognize that my apprehension about Trump's intentions and his obvious attempts to set the stage for them may be a function of alarmism, but when it comes to Trump, given his detachment from reality, it is prudent to be overly apprehensive and preemptive rather than waiting until they come to fruition. This time, his attempt to seize power might not fail as it did on January 6th. After all, he pardoned all those who led or played other prominent roles in his uprising, and they're still around and still just as misguided in their loyalties and ethos. Should Trump come back, I have no doubt that many of them will be easily recruited for the reprise of the Trump insurrection, and this time they will be better organized and their plan will be better formulated. In my opinion, the threat is real, if not imminent, and the Republicans should wake up and rein in their leader. He is a threat to freedom...everyone's freedom.
I think this is the last time I'm going to write to you about this, America. Either you will use your votes to replace the Republican collaborators with people who see the danger and are willing to take action against Trump when he acts peremptorily regarding the constitution and its imperatives relative to American governance. In my opinion, between his self-dealing and his defiance of the courts, the rights of the states and the express imitations of government power posited by the constitution. Remember to vote. Your liberty may depend on it.
Your friend,
Mike
Unfortunately, it seems that predictions of the failure of Trump's peace plan for Gaza are going to be born out, and Trump's bloviations on the subject are being relegated to the pile of his self-aggrandizing claims for a Nobel Peace Prize. Despite Trump's imprecations, Hamas has claimed that it cannot meet Trump's deadline with regard to the deceased hostages because many of them are buried under the rubble created by Israeli bombing, just as Netanyahu has ignored them relative to his continued bombing of Gaza creating more rubble with which to bury more hostages. But this pattern of self-proclaimed grandiosity is the norm for Trump, except for his claims regarding Democrat run cities around the nation. Not only are his claims in that regard persisting, he is acting against those cities and their states by sending troops to them, and all of that is far more important than Trump's hollow efforts to effect peace plans. The troops are meaningless now, but they are both an augury of future tactics and a portent of Trump's political plans for 2028 and beyond. If he can get away with flooding cities that will almost certainly vote against his presidential designee in that election, he can use that military occupation as a mechanism by which to stay in power and subdue what he will designate a criminal conspiracy to fix the election just like he did in 2000, as did his kindred spirit in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. If he can be so brazen as to formulate his international tariff policy to support Bolsonaro, who was convicted anyway, he can be brazen enough to reiterate both his and Bolsonaro's attempts at usurping power under false pretenses...again.
I have often said that Democrats are oriented toward people and Republicans are oriented toward things, like money. Thus, the threat that Trump constitutes to democracy in this country should be apparent to the Republicans in control of congress and they should recognized the threat it is to even themselves, more than half of whom are millionaires. After all, no Republicans dare to dispute Trump's often bizarre ideation on governance, which in the end diminishes the power of the rest of the government as designed by our constitution. To that extent, their own power is diminished both in terms of politics and affluence because he has demonstrated his willingness to punish those who resist or oppose him, and his retribution can take many forms, especially including litigation that can ruin his adversaries financially. It's lucrative to be a congressman or senator because of the connections such offices precipitate, so losing the opportunities that congress yields is a real threat to one's lifestyle. And then of course there is the evisceration of our rights and freedoms, which also threaten Republicans just as it does Democrats and independents. In other words, even Republicans have a great deal to lose by letting Trump run rampant through our democracy.
I recognize that my apprehension about Trump's intentions and his obvious attempts to set the stage for them may be a function of alarmism, but when it comes to Trump, given his detachment from reality, it is prudent to be overly apprehensive and preemptive rather than waiting until they come to fruition. This time, his attempt to seize power might not fail as it did on January 6th. After all, he pardoned all those who led or played other prominent roles in his uprising, and they're still around and still just as misguided in their loyalties and ethos. Should Trump come back, I have no doubt that many of them will be easily recruited for the reprise of the Trump insurrection, and this time they will be better organized and their plan will be better formulated. In my opinion, the threat is real, if not imminent, and the Republicans should wake up and rein in their leader. He is a threat to freedom...everyone's freedom.
I think this is the last time I'm going to write to you about this, America. Either you will use your votes to replace the Republican collaborators with people who see the danger and are willing to take action against Trump when he acts peremptorily regarding the constitution and its imperatives relative to American governance. In my opinion, between his self-dealing and his defiance of the courts, the rights of the states and the express imitations of government power posited by the constitution. Remember to vote. Your liberty may depend on it.
Your friend,
Mike
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