Tag: Coups
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Our new de-facto interim government
Donald Trump is being effectively marginalized and neutered. This is really quite an extraordinary thing in itself. Essentially, the rest of the federal government, including most of Trump’s own administration, is taking him out of the loop and out of the decision-making process. They are not following his orders. There seems to be a tacit…
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Wednesday’s inflection point
As I predicted on Sunday, Wednesday was a day of bedlam at the U.S. Capitol. Thousands of pro-Trump protestors, egged on by Trump at an earlier rally outside the White House, occupied and defaced the Capitol for several hours. Little was done to stop them, and even less was done to prepare for this predictable…
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An adult in charge
And that’s basically it. One month from today, we’ll have an adult in charge of our country again. For four years Trump has run the government as if Dennis the Menace were in charge. He was aided and abetted by the Republican Party, but make no mistake: The Republican Party itself didn’t want Donald Trump.…
Occam's Razor 