Reality, of course, is simpler: Donald Trump was convicted by a jury of citizens, based on the overwhelming preponderance of the evidence.
He is, at best, finally being held somewhat responsible for his decades of obvious criminal conduct.
Donald Trump has already promised to be a dictator on “Day One” of his regime if he defeats Joe Biden in November.
Trump and his agents’ threats of violence (and not-infrequent acts of violence) serve their authoritarian political project.
Trump's personality, emotional life and thinking are centered upon violence and other antisocial behavior.
Trump’s recent fundraising emails, alongside his campaign speeches and media interviews, offer a public chronicle of his escalating threats of violence, destruction and revenge.
They amount to a coordinated effort to radicalize the most volatile and delusional elements of the MAGA base — and then, perhaps, to mobilize them. »
