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We are all passengers in Trump’s death cab
The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.
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Nearly 13 months into Trump’s second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States, and how blithely willing they are to destroy our nation and its people (let alone other nations).
With most of the Trump Show — which began in 2015 — now in the rearview mirror, and his mind and body rapidly decaying before our eyes, one might think Trump would be thinking about the “legacy” he will be leaving behind in a few years. Other presidents have been consumed with the idea of building institutions that survive their presidency — such as Wilson’s League of Nations, FDR’s New Deal, and LBJ’s Great Society — but Trump’s singular focus has been on tearing down the government, even as he sucks the nation dry with his corruption.
And while Trump rushes to place his name on monuments throughout DC before he leaves office, he’s given every indication he’s fine leaving behind a trail of utter and complete destruction.
In short, Donald J. Trump is a nihilist.
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Over the past 13 months, Trump has waged a multi-front war on the United States. The kinetic part of that war, consisting of literal invasions of American cities, is the most open and notorious element of that assault. But the scope of it is far broader and includes schemes to make children more malnourished and sick, Americans far more insecure, and the American economy systemically weakened while our place in the world is diminished.
The war within
We are all familiar with the invasions of municipalities across the nation, including Washington DC, LA County, Chicago, and now the Twin Cities.
In each case, under the pretense of apprehending what Trumpers talismanically describe as the “worst of the worst,” phalanxes of masked, pot-bellied militiamen bearing assault rifles and chemical weapons have invaded what they perceive as “enemy territory.” It’s now clear that disruption and the creation of an atmosphere of fear and disorder is not merely a byproduct of these massive invasions, but their purpose.
In cities invaded by DHS agents, the lifeblood of society is being drained in the wholly pretensive name of ridding the nation of criminal undocumented immigrants. Children are now afraid to attend school because their classmates have been kidnapped. Restaurants are shuttering because employees are afraid to leave their homes.
Furthermore, while Trump and his cronies make vague promises of deescalation, DHS has been spending upwards of $1 billion to acquire a network of warehouses for the purpose of storing thousands upon thousands of new captives across the nation, thus indicating that the scope and frequency of the invasions will increase.
Trump’s assault on the nation’s municipalities is part and parcel of a set of economic “policies” that, in part by design and in part as a result of sheer recklessness, are undermining the foundations of America’s economic success.
This week, Trump’s “economic”