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Trump 2.0 Is Not About Trump
It is about the oligarchy, the misfits, and the demons Trump sold our nation’s soul to.
As we go through the stages of trying to cope with Donald Trump’s convincing victory over Kamala Harris, the pain of millions of us, if bottled, could float a dirigible from Lakehurst, New Jersey, across the Atlantic to Berlin, Germany.
I chose this imagery for a specific historical reason. The Hindenburg was flown from Nazi Germany to a scrappy United States, making what few would realize was the beginning of the final chapter of U.S. democracy (more on this later). The horror of November 6th, when we awoke to the prospect of Trump 2.0, has, for me at least, traveled an emotional gauntlet of disbelief, rage, disgust, apathy, and now to a reluctant acceptance. The thing is, though, I am not just shrugging my shoulders and saying like Morning Joe and Mika from MSNBC, “Well, we must now accept him as our president and move on.” No, I am choosing the path of eternal resistance until those who need Trump in power silence me.
Those Who Need Him Differ from Those Who Support Him
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos need Trump in power. There is a long list of billionaires and powerful companies that need Trump in power because it frees them to do whatever…
