Talk about a third term is just a way for Trump to boost his ego.

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You know, the nebulous "people" who tell him all kinds of things to affirm his lies. Nobody tells him anything.

The media is running here and there, "Trump is doing this! Trump is doing that! Trump signed an executive order claiming this! Trump is changing elections with that!" It's all bullshit. He can't do any of it, and the bottom line is that they can't make it happen, unless they completely subvert the Constitution and pull off some kind of coup, which he lacks the courage to try.

I'm torn between a couple of scenarios regarding all of this load of baloney he peddles to keep his ugly, wrinkled mug in front of television cameras. One is that when he takes the inevitable step too far, that affirms for the American people the reality of the threat to their democracy that he really is, there will be an uprising that will make January 6th look like a Sunday School picnic, resulting in a hole left in the ground where the White House, or Trump Tower, or Mar-a-Lago once stood, and no evidence of anyone who was inside ever surfacing again. The other is that Americans will passively stand by and ignorantly let it happen because they are too stupid and lazy to know better. I was kind of impressed with the Tesla protest, it was sizeable, largely peaceful and from Musk's reaction to it, hugely successful.

I think it is important to make the ability to restrain a corrupt politician something that can be done inside the boundaries of constitutional propriety. I think being able to stop him without resorting to anything beyond peaceful, massive protest and using the tools the Constitution gives us would be a major victory. But some of what he's touching has the potential to be volatile, like Social Security. The size and scope of resistance has grown exponentially, so we will see what kind of reaction that brings about. Every gas station in my area now has stickers on the pumps reminding those who pull up that the 30 cent per gallon increase that we have experienced since Biden left office is due to Trump's tariffs.

A third term ain't happenin'. Nor is his image ever going up on Mt. Rushmore.