On Trump

It's funny how everybody's wringing their hands about what Trump needs to do to win the presidency and what will happen when he does, as if he's going to try to dance-on-lasers his way to election vis-a-vis a thoughtful set of foreign & domestic policies to determine the right side of issues that can best help the majority of American people. The fact is there's absolutely no reason for him to do anything but announce that his second term will be a full-on authoritarian one without end fueled by his own petty grievances and personal greed. He can LITERALLY say he intends to hold the same power as Hitler and he'd instantly have at least 65 million votes to start with. There is no incentive for him to even pretend he's going to try and have a "normal" second term as president, as he's been greatly rewarded every time he's blathered openly about his desires for fascism. He's told us repeatedly that the second he gets a chance he'll support Putin's thirst to restore the Soviet states et al, meaning that within a few short years we can find ourselves replaying World War II except this time we'd be on what was the Axis's side (and that's how shit like this happens). This is the ultimate "Go Big or Go Home!" moment in world history; Trump is becoming more and more clear that he either gets to be Hitler x Mussolini x Putin etc or he'll just go back to Mar-a-Lago and bitch & moan while ruling the GOP with an iron fist whiles the media splooges themselves every time he waves his stubby fingers around to say something. There is no in-between, and the media breathlessly setting up any other scenario is just false and irresponsible, which unfortunately for democracy has become de riguer for them.