What you deserve

Trump is an uncontrolled buffoon who just turned a 5 million dollar penalty into an 83.3 million one because of his narcissism. It would be nice to think that people prefer adults running their country and yet the polling tells a different story which is made worse by running a tired candidate who nonetheless at least had 4 years without antics and controversy.

Understanding the human appetite for strongmen who are actually weak becomes fascinating because common sense would tell you that complex problems aren't solved with simplistic rhetoric but it largely works. Part of this is explained by low intelligence in much of his base but there is another significant portion that prefers chaos so they can ultimately get their way. Here I think of arch villains like Roger Stone and Steve Bannon.

If you convict and send Trump to jail or apply the 14th amendment almost half the country goes into a panic. How fun.

I still maintain that you get the government that you deserve.