It appears that Cyrus Vance is getting closer to indictments against the Trump Organization. I think there was some expectation that the DOJ would be able to launch prosecutions on January 21st, given how much crime there is at all levels of the various branches of the Trump Crime Family. It would be nice to see some perp walks, just saying.
Meanwhile, you can begin to see Trump's hold on the GOP start to weaken some. His unhinged rant at Mar A Lago is the verbal floundering of man unable to cope with his loss of status. We've all known Trump was a malignant narcissist, and it shouldn't be a surprise that electoral defeat and the loss of his precious Twitter platform has unmoored him.
The sad fact is that Trump was always bad at being an actual politician. As Peter Segal notes, it's odd that the Trump movement coalesced around rallies and speeches from a guy who is REALLY BAD at making speeches. The two most important questions in American politics are:
- Will the "Next Trump" be smarter and more self-controlled, or is being smarter and self-controlled incompatible with tapping into Trumpists?
- Will Biden's "moderate in tone, radical in substance" style of governing win over a rock solid majority of Americans to forestall anyone from even getting traction as the "Next Trump"?
I think it's worth remembering that Trump and Trumpism (the Tea Party) were never about the size of government or any policy agenda. It was rooted in outrage that a Black man became president and was way cooler than they were.
Biden is neither Black nor cool and maybe that will be enough.
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