I have to agree with Charlie: we only have bad choices in dealing with Trump, but letting him off for his crimes is the worst and possibly most fatal of those choices. Sorry, Mona. Otherwise, we're yielding to an absolute Terrorist's Veto.
This is a really tough topic and I think both Mona and Charlie present their thoughts well. My great fear has to do with one of the less-spoken bases of Trumpism: A disdain and actual hatred of what appears to be weakness. They love BDE, the big strut, the intimidation, the slapping down, and the cruelty. If the Justice Department refrains from prosecuting Trump, it will not be seen as prudent, wise or magnanimous: It will be understood, deep in the limbic brain of almost everyone in the country, as weakness. It will be crystal clear where the power resides: In the Trumpian mob. The strongman wins by default, and humans, being herd creatures, will gravitate towards might-makes- right. The winner, the badass. There is no recovering from that.
Fight! Fight!
I have to agree with Charlie: we only have bad choices in dealing with Trump, but letting him off for his crimes is the worst and possibly most fatal of those choices. Sorry, Mona. Otherwise, we're yielding to an absolute Terrorist's Veto.
This is a really tough topic and I think both Mona and Charlie present their thoughts well. My great fear has to do with one of the less-spoken bases of Trumpism: A disdain and actual hatred of what appears to be weakness. They love BDE, the big strut, the intimidation, the slapping down, and the cruelty. If the Justice Department refrains from prosecuting Trump, it will not be seen as prudent, wise or magnanimous: It will be understood, deep in the limbic brain of almost everyone in the country, as weakness. It will be crystal clear where the power resides: In the Trumpian mob. The strongman wins by default, and humans, being herd creatures, will gravitate towards might-makes- right. The winner, the badass. There is no recovering from that.