QOTD: "Deranged Trump Syndrome"

 

Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman writes in his Substack column about the dangers America faces with an increasingly deranged Malignant Fascist.  An excerpt, but please read his entire column:

"I wrote a post titled 'It’s Sundowning in America,' inspired by Trump’s demented demands that he receive the Nobel Peace Prize, 8 months ago. The damage being done by Deranged Trump Syndrome was already obvious. And that was before Trump squandered America’s military credibility, as well as a dangerously large share of our munitions, on his catastrophic war-of-choice in Iran.

There’s a high probability that Trump’s power will be considerably reduced in the aftermath of the November midterms. Polls point to a blue wave that is highly likely to give Democrats control of the House and more likely than not to deliver the Senate. If that blue wave does indeed materialize, I expect that there will be an enormous sigh of relief across the country because it will be a major, if not fatal, setback for Trumpism.

However, we shouldn’t let the short-term relief of a November victory blind us to the long-term realities. Trumpism did not emerge out of thin air – that is, an unfortunate draw of the democracy cards. Instead Trump and Trumpism is the culmination of a decades-long threat to American democracy, to the moral, legal and social fiber of this country."  (our emphasis)

Krugman later points out that the mid-term elections are likely to produce a crushing blow to the MF's ego, his party, and his self-aggrandizing agenda.  That may trigger the MF to use what remaining power he has to vindictively punish the American people for their "disloyalty" to him.  Stay tuned.