TheBanyanTree: 20 Days into 2021

[Monique Colve]

Yes, thank you. I have lost most family members to this pit. It's sobering to realize people aren't who you might have thought they were.

Monique
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> On Dec 26, 2020, at 9:00 AM, trsmith44 trsmith44 <trsmith44 at cox.net> wrote:
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> I thought 2016 election was a sobering tragedy.  Really a lot of upsetting things about that for me.  How could Trump possibly win the nomination with all the crotch grabbing, infidelity, bankruptcy out on him, his crudeness, rudeness and inability to put a logical paragraph's worth of thoughts together?  Our standards of decency and rule of law disappeared.   It was upsetting that his most reasonable opponent, Kasich, was eliminated so early in the primaries.  After that the choices of Trump, Rubio and Cruz were like picking poison.
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> The most upsetting thing about Trump for me is how so many people must have a non-existent bullshit detector, zero perception of character, and be so full of hatred, like him.   It's scary that about half the U.S. population each think the other half are morons, yet I struggle to understand and respect any Trump supporter myself.  I'm grateful I don't have any family members that are fans of his.  My next door neighbor has two sisters and a brother that are Trumpers.  She dislikes him as much as I do.  I guess they just avoid discussing politics in her family. 
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> Barbara has read Mary Trump's book.  I haven't yet, but I've been positively impressed with her in interviews.  We've both read  Michael Cohen's DISLOYAL  One poignant excerpt: "At the very least trump didn't care about the truth.  If facts didn't suit him, he denied them, changed them, invented them, and then seemingly believed them--to hell with reality"  Cohen's wife, daughter, and son all pleaded with him early on to quit working for Trump.
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> Another Cohen excerpt: "Without the immunity from prosecution granted to the president, Trump will almost certainly face New York State criminal charges.  He will likely be convicted on both the Federal and State charges and face serious prison time.  That is Donald Trump's greatest fear in life, believe me, and if he fails to get reelected, that will be his fate--and he knows it"
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> The Electoral College and Supreme Court have not given Trump what he wants.  same with Barr, and swing state governors.   McConnell has recognized Biden won the election.  Trump continues operating his usual way, with threats.  He threatened important GOP figures he needs the support of in a tweet, shouting "I'll NEVER FORGET."  Trump sometimes can't remember what he said in a previous sentence.  The best defense of those important GOP figures is to eliminate Trump's power with their power.  They've proven they have backbone.   He will continue to make things worse for himself, and unfortunately, many others because he is a psychopath who gets off creating pain.   There is hope, I keep telling myself, that 20 days into 2021, Don will be gone.
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