Perceiving

THOSE OF US who have assiduously read "The National Enquirer" for several decades knew well in advance of the election that Donald was singularly unfit for the American presidency. We asssumed that at some point, he would self destroy his presidential campaign, that he would never win. The "access Hollywood" tape, many assumed, would end his candidacy. The Mueller investigation and report about Trump's election with Russian assiatance we thought would end his presidency, so corrupt and criminal was Trump's behavior in accepting, receiving, and welcoming the Russian assistance. Then when he tried to blackmail Ukraine and president Zelensky by withholding crucial military assistance in exhange for fabricated damaging dirt on Joe Biden, his removal from office seeed justified, much like his impeachement. However, because of his Congressional Republican accomplices, Trump slithered out of that mess also, unscathed in the sense that those who had always supported him continued to support him, even more devoutly, as if Trump's criminal behavior was either of no concern to his support base, or they actually admired it. Then came Trump's defeat for reelection, and his criminal attempt to overthrow the American government by reversing the election's outcome, in court, in state legislatures, and violently in the streets, using illegal methods the entire time. Again, rightfully impeached, but unjustly exonerated by Trump's Republican sycophants. Now the year long congengressional investigation of Trump's insurrrection is revealing and confirming, with solid, irrefutable facts, that Trump is guilty of multiple crimes. The songressional subcommittee hearings will be over soon, and their main effect might well be to so stoke Ttump's millions of cult members that he gains the Repbulcain nomination for president in 2024, and wins. Stranger things have happened.