Enabled, Emboldened, Entitled
Especially for former presidents under indictment and a protective order, this is dangerous and destructive
This will be short.
Purposeful testing of boundaries, guardrails, and the resolve or mettle of authorities. That’s what Donald Trump is all about.
Sadly, many of his supporters take their cues from him, so it’s a metastasis in action kind of thing.
Trump hasn’t been slapped down well enough so far; not enough consequences — thus enabled.
In his own Machiavellian brain, being so enabled, he feels emboldened.
He’s Donald Trump, and being enabled and emboldened for so long — since the 70s, in fact — he now feels entitled.
America has created a monster, and perhaps we deserve it?
Perhaps.
Here are some recent headlines that illustrate:
And this:
Finally, this:
Trump is seeking to obstruct the cases, intimidate and influence witnesses, and taint the jury pools — despite being warned in open court and by a protective order.
So far, he’s gotten away with it, or at least he thinks so.