Why is it so difficult to get rid of the tyrant?

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8. Because his approach to all rules and norms is "MAKE ME".

Most people have some sense of shame, decency, self-restraint, or loyalty to anything other than themselves. I've lived to see multiple Republicans concede elections they were projected to lose, for example.

Trump has (accurately) assessed that he might benefit from making all sorts of illegal attempts to reverse an election that he clearly lost, well after that was proven. His analysis is that he won't do jail time and he might win, so the gambit is in his favor. So he does what he wants. And he applies this approach to everything.

Trump also understands the psychological effect of committing his crimes openly. He doesn't hide his crimes because he is open about his belief that our laws don't apply to him. He's the king, because of course he is! He's literally Jesus to 30% of America for fuck's sake! No law that he broke could possibly be legitimate.

Our system runs on norms more than consequences when it comes to our elected officials. Trump has been impeached twice, but not removed from office. He's been indicted and convicted, but he has secret service protection, and it's unclear how incarcerating him would work in a practical sense.

So he's willing to make total war on our system in a way that no one has done since Jefferson Davis because he knows it would be hard to stop him.

I think we CAN get rid of him, but we DO have to MAKE HIM GO AWAY. And this isn't something our system was optimized for.