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.
Musk could just leave the country and avoid taxes that way too. He should be removed from governmental power, sure. But what does he care about protests that are barely even happening once a month? And even then, I hate to say it, but peaceful protests are even less threatening. I’m against violence and graffiti, but I just don’t see how it will affect anything. I’ll see you on the street the same as the rest of us, but still. There needs to be a more concise goal and set of actions.
Originally commented by u/onlyacynicalman on 2025-02-25 09:27:27 AM(mepewh3)