Occasionally Controversial (Talking Politics)

By now it should be apparent that Trump is not going to concede, ever. It should also be apparent that he will do anything at all to stay in power regardless of whether or not it is legal, or has any real chance of success, or how much harm it may cause the country. The only constraint he might conceivably have would be to avoid harm to himself. So far, nothing he has done as president has harmed him in any significant way and it's unlikely he would think that any new action will do so, either. If he becomes a private citizen and stays in the United States he will likely (and rightly) be prosecuted in New York at the very least. That gives him every reason to bet the bank to stay in power. If he fails, all he needs is an escape plan. If he wins he cements that power, perhaps permanently. Betting the bank is also his personality. Expecting him to do anything else would be to expect him to act out of character.  Nevertheless, a lot of people are considering it a done deal that Biden

I’m going to make the argument here that the pandemic has fit right in with Trump’s consistent long-term strategy and that it has been extraordinarily useful in furthering his goals. This contradicts the nearly universal belief that the pandemic has been as much of a disaster for him as it has been for the country. To see the value of the pandemic to Trump, we have to recognize that his goals are NOT the goals that the rest of us would have if we were in his shoes. We simply MUST make the effort to understand the pandemic’s value to him. Until we do so, it will remain impossible to understand why he continues to downplay the virus, to discredit the science and scientists, and to demand that all efforts to restrain the virus be lifted . Worse, this lack of understanding is setting us up for his ultimate goals to be realized.  Here’s how the analysis will proceed. First, we’ll look at various effects that the pandemic has had on our society. Second, we’ll look at how Trump’s actions hav