How would
President Donald Trump react if the American people turned against him?
Reagan bottomed out at a 35% approval rating.
Bush 41 at 29%. Bush 43 at 22%. Nearly every president goes through something
similar, even the greats. Lincoln is estimated to have been sworn in with only
¼ of the nation behind him. When George Washington introduced a tax on whiskey,
Americans took up arms against the federal government.
So, knowing what we do about Donald Trump, how
will he cope with being openly disliked by the public for many months or even
years?
Well, Trump has already told us what he will do: He will punish us.
He has already told us that he will punish the newspapers that
criticize him by loosening the libel laws, so they can't financially afford to
criticize him -- or anyone else. He will curtail the First Amendment, cripple
the press’s ability to keep watch on those all-too-human individuals who govern
us.
And if he would do that to the press, why wouldn't he do that to
you and me?
Trump has been called a narcissist so many times, it is easy to
forget what that word really means. It is a person whose ego is so fragile that
he needs to be insulated from criticism. He needs to seduce and manipulate and
threaten and FORCE others into admiring and praising him so that he knows he is
worthwhile.
That is what is happening to this great nation. We are being
seduced into a co-dependent relationship with a narcissist. Sooner or later,
this relationship will become abusive.
When the honeymoon period ends, and you and I criticize him, he
will "counterpunch" us. He will have us roughed up the way he roughs up the protesters at his rallies.
He’ll punish us like he plans to punish our journalists. He will take whatever
steps are necessary to silence our dissent. And if that sounds like I am
talking about tyranny, that's exactly what I mean.
America, this is an intervention. You need to think hard about
what you’re doing.
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