IT's TRump

Donald Trump is the first former U.S. president to be criminally convicted (having been found guilty of falsifying documents related to a hush-money scheme to cover up an extramarital affair with a porn star). He faces further criminal cases for trying to overturn the 2020 election, as well as for refusing to return classified documents after leaving office. He has promoted QAnon conspiracy theories, and he’s pushed a  false claim that immigrants in Ohio are eating pet cats. He even picked a fight with the country’s most popular pop star. Meanwhile, his supporters float conspiratorial narratives that the Democrats orchestrated the attempts on Trump’s life. Apparently, the Dems have also stolen the 2020 election and manipulated the justice system to take Trump down. “They rigged the election and blamed everything on Donald Trump,” says a supporter. “They are behind the assassination attempt, too.” Now, all of this has no basis in fact: investigators have characterized Thomas Matthew Crooks, the guy whose gunshots left Trump with a bloodied ear, as a lone wolf. Nor was the 2020 election rigged. Nor are immigrants, including undocumented ones, more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans. Nor did President Biden refuse to send help to victims of Hurricane Helene (the latest falsehood to become firmly embedded in Trump World).
And yet, for all that, Donald Trump has been elected President of the United Stares and will be crowned next January.
Those of us surprised by the recent election results are left to make a choice. Either gripe about this, or move ahead, hoping the worst won’t happen. I'll pick the latter.
Indeed, let’s hope sanity prevails.

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