I'm not paying as much attention to Donald Trump as…well, as much as some of my friends who are really stressing out over what he's doing and what he's saying he's going to do. Those are not always the same thing but sometimes they are — often enough that if he announced today he was going to execute everyone in the state of Michigan who refuses to become an Elvis Impersonator, two people I know would have the following conversation…
"Relax. He's never going to do that!"
"Maybe…but that's what we all thought when he said he's going to…" and you can fill in a description of any number of things he's actually done.
I guess some of his fans think this kind of "I'm in charge, I'll do any damned thing I want" attitude is an admirable quality in a leader. They will stop doing that when he does something more obviously detrimental to their lives…or the next time a Democrat is in power. It could be either one but I'll bet it's the first.
Anyway, I'm not writing a lot about politics here because I'm averting my gaze from a lot of it. I did though watch this video from Hank Green and it seems to me he's describing the situation perfectly…