I'm about to become wildly unpopular ...

[hamsterjill]

116. Wonder no more as for me.

I have great concern about Trump and his continuing influence in the world at large. I believe I am justifiably concerned.

I don’t see him charged with anything and it’s been over a year now - longer if you count the time he was in office when our side SHOULD have been preparing to go after him at the first opportunity. I have said numerous times on DU that I will gladly eat a bucket of crow and announce that I was wrong should that change.

To me, it’s not about a negative viewpoint. It’s simple reality. The asshole has gotten away with everything that he’s tried thus far with no one stopping him. I think he and Putin rigged the 2016 election. Hillary moved on, so the rest of us did as well. But I’ve never stopped believing that something just wasn’t right there. AND since the M/O of Republicans always seems to be to accuse their opponents of doing the things which they themselves actually did, that bolsters my thinking.

I was surprised and shocked when Trump was declared the winner. I do not intend to be surprised and shocked again at him breaking the rules, not playing fair, being ruthless and ugly and committing crimes. There are obvious crimes that have been committed and many legal scholars are calling for the DOJ to move now. Why? Because time is of the essence. Every click of the clock benefits Trump as we get closer to the midterms.

We aren’t going to win against Republicans by playing nice any more. The playing field has changed. We’ve got to outsmart them and out connive them. That is reality - not choice.

If some disagree here, then I’m fine with that. But I am never going to sugarcoat reality. If that’s considered “negative” by some here, then you will simply have to accept my right to disagree with you or put me on Ignore. I am not here to trample anyone’s feelings but neither am I here to tread lightly. Having no fucks to give runs in several different directions and I arrived at that long ago.

I want Trump in jail so that I can feel safe again and until that happens, he will be a continuing threat. I do not relish a repeat of the last time he sat in the Oval Office. And don’t anyone dare tell me that can’t happen again because no one really believed it could have happened the first time.