Trump managed to wiggle his way out of a federal case charging he incited a violent riot to overturn legitimate election results that determined he lost. He now controls a majority of US Supreme Court justices. He has Republican control of the US House and Senate, whose members fear he will “primary” them with MAGA candidates if they oppose him. He surrounds himself with true believers who believe they’re on a divinely inspired mission, including fundamentalist Christians who see non whites as a threat to God’s natural order. What could possibly go wrong?

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Charles McDonald
Charles McDonald

Written by Charles McDonald

Award winning journalist, dog rescuer, husband, dad. If we met at Woodstock, I apologize for memory lapses.

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