Delusion

The increasing likelihood of collapse of the American economy will finally cure the most rabid Trump supporters. Not because they've had a Jesus moment but because the incompetence has finally touched them and they can make the direct connection to their leader. 

Suddenly the idea of hating the "other" will become a lot less appealing. 

This moment has been coming for a while now. Like a simmering pot that finally comes to a boil after all the ingredients have been added. Decades of one side hating the other have blinded people who are obtuse to the reality that their democracy is collapsing under its own weight. Greed and corruption are no longer sustainable. 

When no one pays enough taxes there isn't enough money to keep the country afloat and what was good enough for America in the 1950's now passes for socialism. The hyperbole about drowning government in the bathtub will pay off in making sure the largest number of people possible share in the misery while the ultra wealthy sliver of the population reap the benefits. 

To add insult to injury the poorest Americans will bear the brunt of the kind of ill-advised tariff policy that helped kick off the great depression.

At this point, to look at Trump and his regime as anything other than a clown car on its way off a precipice would require a monstrous amount of self-delusion. A delusion that is hopefully slowly but surely coming to an end.