Trump Is Not President, But …

There is no doubt that the danger that the U.S. lives with on a day-to-day basis has been reduced with Trump out of office, and, to a degree, that really is a relief.

Yet his presence on the political scene, and the threat that, even if he doesn’t run again in 2024 that he’ll get away with attempting to overthrow the federal government remains all too real.

Moreover, thanks in large measure to Trump, we all live in a post-truth world, where politicians face no accountability for spewing tens of thousands of bald-faced lies.  An entire party lives on a steady diet of the rejection of science, the notion of white superiority, the idea of trickle-down economics, and the banning of books.

I wish I could say that all this will dry up and blow away, but I can’t.