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.
This is tangible, you can see the movement shifting. I think Ukraine has been the catalyst. The federal gutting is repulsive, obviously, Trump is awful everything, all the time. But Europe uniting in spite of the US is a game changer. This is foreshadowing of WWIII, people know it and people have zero patience for it.
Originally commented by u/GawkerRefugee on 2025-02-25 09:16:45 AM(mepczek)