Trump’s insane ideas are a repeat of other tyrants in history. The responses of those close to him are the same as others who tolerated and profited from corruption and cruelty. We don’t learn from these lessons. These events will now repeat themselves.
Donald Trump has been in office less than two weeks, and already the country is being exposed to his insane ideas about annexing a country no one has ever visited (Greenland); antagonizing a long-time ally (Canada), raising import prices, so all Americans will pay more for many of the 16% of the imported goods we use every day; and ridiculing the Governor of California for wildfires that are Acts of God. Parts of Los Angeles are an inferno, as Trump taunts the governor. That’s today. Darker, more insane hallucinations from Trump are festering.
In today’s press conference (Jan. 1, 2025) regarding the crash of the military helicopter and the passenger plane at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, Trump’s mental illness was on full display.
Without evidence, Trump blamed the crash on DEI policies, even without knowing who was the air traffic controller at the time of the accident and which aircraft was at fault. But that did not stop him from his rambling, repetitive tirade against former President Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg (the former Secretary of Transportation), and others who promoted the DEI policies.
Trump’s irrational focus on DEI as the evil that is the core of everything that is wrong with the country is the same pathological focus that Hitler had when he blamed the Jews for everything that was wrong with Germany and the world. Both men are pathological tyrants. The difference is that Trump’s focus on DEI covers any racial, ethnic, sexual, or religious group that he distains, including those who he thinks are not intelligent. All this was in full view in today’s press conference.
Trump’s chate-filled press conference happens as Republican Senators and Congressmen stand by Trump with pasted-on smiles. They are the Jokers of Trump’s Congress, and he is the dangerous clown.
All this is happening as Trump continues to denigrate Joe Biden, who is the ghost that continues to haunt him in the White House. Biden insulted Trump in minor ways and not frequently enough, but he remains Trump’s primary target because he was the better politician.
Trump is in the White House because of Biden’s huge ego and his decision not to announce he was not running for a second term. If Biden made that announcement a month after taking office, The Dems could have held an open nominating convention and found a better candidate than the wooden Kamala Harris.
Biden missed this historic opportunity. His weak performance also allowed his Attorney General, Merrick Garland, to waste almost two years of valuable time prosecuting the biggest crime in modern history, Trump’s insurrection on January 6.
Biden is a victim of his inflated ego or age-related clouded thinking that he alone could defeat Trump. If he believed that, Biden should also admit that he failed the Democrat Party since he needed a backup succession plan that did not include the weak candidate Kamala Harris.
In a tragic national spectacle. Biden and Trump briefly crossed paths on inauguration day. Trump has ignored him before and after. They stood together for photos, and Trump then dusted off his hand to make Biden a quick memory.
Biden is too frail to fight back in his retirement. Biden’s advisors and other DNC poohbahs should be blamed for running a pathetic presidential campaign and allowing Harris to waste $1.5 billion in donations without winning the presidency, House, or Senate. They spent $1.5 billion when they knew for many months that Biden was a frail leader, but they kept this secret to protect their privilege and jobs.
In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius conspire to assassinate Caesar to prevent him from becoming a tyrant. Caesar is assassinated in Act III, and Brutus and Cassius commit suicide in Act V.
Trump As Shakespearean Redux
In William Shakespeare’s 1599 play, Senators coveted power in Rome’s glory days. Nothing has changed in 2,000 years. Trump cannot be re-elected, so as Trump’s mental illness becomes more unleashed, Republican Senators should begin plotting today. There is not a day to lose. Trump’s insanity will be in full bloom by spring. The nation will be in clown chaos for four years, making the halls of Congress hum with rumors, intrigues, sordid stories of betrayals, and insane proposals.
But the killing of Julius Caesar in Rome by his Senators is excellent history.
Andrew Glass noted in this account in Politico, “Caesar had been preparing to invade the Parthia — a campaign subsequently undertaken by his successor, Mark Antony, without lasting results — and planned to leave Rome in the latter half of March to oversee the attack. This forced the conspirators’ timetable. Two days before the assassination, Cassius told them that, should anyone discover the plan, they were to turn their knives on themselves.” 
The Senators then moved on to Caesar and stabbed him 23 times.
Glass continues: “Two days after the assassination, Marc Antony summoned the Senate and forged a compromise under which the assassins would not be punished, but all of Caesar’s appointments would remain valid. The assassination, however, would also mark the death knell of the Roman Republic; soon afterward, Rome spiraled into a civil war.”
Marc Anthony issued pardons to the killers but let them stay in power. That decision was corrupt and cynical, but it satisfied the assassins.
The corrupt and cynical abuse of government power lives. We are seeing it unfold every day Trump makes a personal appearance and speech. It will get worse in the next four years, and the Dems are now powerless to stop it.
