Harry Reid-"do not underestimate Trump"

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15. Trump is not smart in a conventional sense.

He has street smarts, the sort that thugs and professional criminals exude. In terms of history and geopolitics he's basically an ignoramus but he does understand the power of authoritarianism, admires it, wishes he too had unlimited power to do what he pleases. He's helped in this view by Republicans who believe in broad, executive powers, unrestricted by Congress and the Courts.

We're in a very dangerous place, the only shield against Trump's insatiable hunger for power is the Democratic majority in the House and the prosecutors and courts and those bureaucratic officials that the Trump team has not yet managed to turn their way. That's been their plan all along, switch out officials loyal to democratic rule with those who are willing to look the other way and/or cheerlead Trumpism despite its ugly, destructive facets.

Trump and his enablers are not going to leave without a brutal fight to the finish. Reid is right in my estimation. This will not be a cakewalk.