Dismantling

Trump's flaunting of his gag orders is based on his bet that no one will do anything about it. Not only has this malignant narcissist gotten away with everything all his life, but he also knows that his base has extreme and dangerous elements within it who can create real trouble.

Now I know what appeasement on this scale looks like and it reminds me of Neville Chamberlain and his erroneous bet that Hitler was a not a sufficiently dangerous madman who would go as far as he did. Should Trump gain office again, a radicalized GOP will dismantle the existing infrastructure of the government because we are talking about the kind of nutjobs that believe in the "Rapture" and pray every night for theocracy. When you have a radicalized life mission you cannot count on sensible ideas.

This is what happens when you attract undesirables under your tent. You cannot then expect reasonable approaches.