Every firestorm DT sets alight with his verbal diarrhea (please forgive the mixed metaphors) distracts from the systematic destruction of hard won regulatory protections and vital programs designed to make inroads against social and economic injustice. His words, and the hate-groups his words embolden, cannot go unchallenged, but at the same time, we need to "keep our eye on the ball."
We are not "leaderless." The narrative that DT hasn't accomplished much of anything because there have been few legislative advances on "his agenda" serves DT (and the reactionary right and private interests he serves) VERY well.
His words are outrageous. They grab headlines -- rightfully so. But they also draw our attention away from the destruction being wrought by the people he's put in control of the levers of power within the executive branch (people who are at best incompetent, at worst the embodiment of evil).
The legislative branch is our voice; our will. The executive branch implements our will. The destruction of executive functions is the destruction of our power to make our will manifest. Even with the dysfunctional electoral system, we have been able to make our voices heard. DT has not been able to make legislative advances. But they are dismantling essential executive functions, and in so doing, they thwart our will and render us impotent to do anything about it. We need to focus on figuring out ways to stop or slow what they are doing. We can't do that if we are too distracted by the "Trump show."
DT's maladministration is accomplishing precisely what the radical, reactionary right, has been dreaming about for decades.
He is leading a juggernaut. DT the man may appear to be melting down and drawing disapproval from all sides, but the DT juggernaut rolls on.
Whether his bizarre behavior is intended to disrupt and distract, or is simply the result of his psychopathic narcissism, we need to recognize the effect: misdirection.
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