You just have to shake your head at the reality of the situation.
A former President of the United States was just convicted - on several counts - of a crime.
It's the kind of thing, even in a post-Trump Presidency, where even strange things seem normalized, going too far is desensitized, and you ultimately laugh hysterically at the uber strangeness to suppress the sadness, that even this - THIS! - is still attention-grabbing.
It's no secret if you follow this site - I'm no Trump supporter. I understand why voters elected him in 2016 and struggle to understand why so many stay with him through it all for a 2024 campaign.
We've reach a new level where American voters will outright neglect crimes, and vote to elect a convicted felon as President of the United States. It's quite hard to describe this time in history.
Yet, here we are.
Several other quick thoughts:
- I still wonder whether Trump wins or loses, how does the Republican party move on after Trump?
- I don't believe this trial truly changes anything in the election.
- I never believed it would...and have the same belief of his other legal troubles.
- What does that say about us?
- Trump remains one of the most fascinating figures in history - documentaries and high school text books in the next decade or so will be good stuff.
- I do not understand voters who openly admit to wanting Trump as a dictator.
- I'm floored how Trump questions everything when it doesn't go his way, and his supporting contingent runs with the narrative. It's comical (and disturbing) at this point.
- Finally, it's hard for me to imagine a path of this nation healing while MAGA is still an active entitity.