There are a lot of dark clouds from this past week, but most of them have silver linings.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/there-are-bright-silver-linings-in.html

Those who were expecting the worst from Trump in the opening week of his second term in the White House were not disappointed. That's exactly what we got. It has been a reminder, to anyone who still remembers, and especially to those who may have forgotten, that he hit the bar making him the very worst President in all of American history during his first term, and he is already pushing the limits of that bar in the few days he's had in office during his second term.

He has revealed what those of us who have never supported him and never would, have known about him all along, that he is a pathological liar, a grifter, a spectacularly dishonest man who is so wrapped up in himself that he can't even treat his own family members with respect. Combine that with a huge dose of old age dementia, a long list of anti-social pathology, his abuse of alcohol, drugs and food, and an ego that cannot tolerate perceived disloyalty and does not place any value on, or give any respect to, any other human being, and you have an impending disaster looming, not just over the United States, but over the entire world.

This guy corrupts everything he touches. I've seen enough, over the past five days, to be convinced that Trump and his MAGA followers are going to collapse in on themselves long before his four year term in office is over. With his first acts as President being a boatload of mostly unconstitutional executive orders that will be taken down by the courts in relatively short order, he has once again reminded us that he doesn't know what he's doing, that this is a power trip for him and for his benefit and that of the billionaires who give him their loyalty.

It won't be able to sustain itself for four years.

[Silent Type]

1. Not sure he has lost much, or any, support since election. BUT don't think he's gained any. It's early.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Author is way too optimistic.

[Skittles]

6. not so sure

Trump rode on Obama's accomplishments until Covid when he was forced to be a real leader - of course, he utterly FAILED - this time his handlers are long gone and he is surrounded by bootlickers - it really may be a case of be careful what you wish for - alas, I wish it would be only magats paying the price but it will affect us all.....

[lees1975]

10. That's one of the reasons I don't think this is going to last for long.

Last time, there were some people in his administration who appeared to be committed to holding him back and preventing the worst. This time, we are going to be dependent on the courts to be the guardrails. He had his people from his first term in there to help, of course, but there are a lot more appointees who know, and are willing to enforce the law, than there are who will allow him to run like some idiot renegade through things that are completely unconstitutional. It won't take long for a lot of his bullshit bravado to be undone. Executive orders are easy to smack down. He'll go berserk, we will see an even longer list of departed nutjobs from his administration and he will have a meltdown. He's going to open the door wide to Democrats so if we can get ourselves together, and do the right things instead of playing the old school political protocols, we will crush it in the mid-terms and either boot his ass out or neutralize it.

[Aristus]

11. We owe President Biden more than we can ever repay for the record number of judicial appointments

during his term. We're fortunate that they outnumber Trump's appointments. We're going to need a judiciary that is critically attuned to the rights of the people, and the Constitutional limitations on the Presidency for the preservation of those rights.

[elleng]

3. It won't be able to sustain itself for four years.

I agree.

[usonian]

4. The blitzkrieg will have a greater pushback than the same done gradually.

The opposition was caught unready.

Pearl Harbor, anyone?

[Figarosmom]

5. No, this wasnt the worst.

That's yet to come. He fired the IGs for a reason. He's putting the people he chose in their positions for a reason.


No, THE WORST IS YET TO COME.

[Skittles]

7. I don't think the author is referring to *THE* worst he can do

just that anyone with critical thinking skills was expecting the worst behavior from that piece of utter garbage and we were quickly proven correct

[Figarosmom]

8. Ok, get it

[Skittles]

9. you are correct though

we are going to see far, FAR worse - it's gonna be a bumpy ride