by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The amount of liberal adoration that Bob Mueller got during his ill-fated investigation into Trump is embarrassing in hindsight. We were all so wrapped up in the post Watergate narrative that was solidified by Whitewater and Ken Starr that we were completely and totally oblivious to what was really going on.
In a sense, the Mueller investigation was the best thing that could have happened to Trump because liberals were able to channel their alarm over Trumplandia into the idea that at any moment it would be “Mueller Time.”
It wasn’t until that was all over that we had to sit up and take notice as to how fucked we are. Trump was and is totally and completely above the law. He is so above the law that now that we have ANOTHER Special Counsel, we all in something of a clusterfuck.
The reason is — if Jack Smith is who we thought Bob Mueller was and indicts Trump, the “fun” has just begun. Any criminal accountability for Trump will only make the MAGA base cling to him tighter. Trump wins the nomination and, if need be, steals the 2024 election in such a brazen manner that he forces Blue States to decide, on an existential basis, if they’re going to be a knee to autocratic fascist MAGA or not.
So, in a sense, all paths in Jack Smith’s Choose Your Own Adventure future leads to Trump pretty much single-handedly either transitioning the United States into a Russia-style autocracy or causing a civil war. It’s a very damned-if-you-d0-damned-if-you-don’t situation. I suppose you could say that if Smith slow walks any indictment of Trump then there’s a chance that DeSantis might at least cause our transition into autocratic MAGA fascism to be peaceful.
That’s a very “Not great Bob,” situation all around.
I suppose the point is — as long is Trump is around, America is fucked. Or, put another way, as long as he’s around the risk of civil war is greater than it might be otherwise. We’re still fucked – and might still have a civil war with or without Trump — but even though he’s not a Great Man, he is still able to cause a lot problems. He is a chaos agent caused by the browning of America combined with GenZ’s changing views on gender and accountability. Throw in the Soft Singularity of social media….and, oh boy. Man, are we fucked.
There are just no simple answers as to what to do about Trump. Barring aliens landing on the White House front lawn, Republicans are going to win the 2024 election and we will face the choice of autocracy, civil war or military junta. We can’t just keep punting all of our problems down the road anymore. Things are going to come to a head in 2024 – 2025 one way or another.
So, in a sense, I think Smith should just go ahead and indict Trump and let the chips fall where they may. At least he would go down fighting. It’s better to metaphorically die on your feet than live on your knees a slave.
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