https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-24-trump-coup-has-failed/
EXCERPT… Trump’s second term was always whether he would bully the country into an effective monarchy, or fall prey to the laws of political gravity.
I’m taking a pundit risk by saying that we now have that answer, after one month in office: Trump’s cooked.
His failure has followed the usual direction of political overreach. Brave dissidents from the political opposition, corporate America, or his own coalition didn’t suddenly rise to the challenge. It started from the bottom up, as the governed gradually but definitively withdrew their consent, giving space for those we somehow call “leaders” to distance themselves.
The right currently have been “taken over” (*one of many issues) by the same mentality. We’re being played by the rich. The richest cabinet in history. The richest billionaires in history. They are the ones feeding the narrative to their base they’re rooting out corruption and waste. We cannot regain an effective democracy without first eating the rich now
Originally commented by u/NoAvailableAlias on 2025-02-25 08:41:25 AM(mep6xn9)