MAGA Not 'Cracking Up,' But...

Since MSN is a left-wing outlet, one has to look past the euphoric headline Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun and the disgraceful reveling over how horrible Trump's Presidency has been.

Doing so allows one to see what an overwhelming shit-show is going on and at least glean the silver lining that ordinary Americans who might have voted for Trump or even supported him in a limited way aren't being fooled.

First: This is not the same thing as Trump's personality cult imploding. I'll believe that when (if ever) I see that or when Trump bites the dust, probably to their great surprise.

The piece ticks off the following abominations as "a few things that have happened in just the last week:"

• Trump's most recent attempt to hand Ukraine over to Russia, with a dollop of additional scandal;
• Trump flip-flopping (or, as MAGA might put it, "playing 4D chess") on Obamacare subsidies;
• Trump's attempt to recall a 61 year-old man to military service and court-martial him for the sin of stating a fact: Soldiers are required to disobey unlawful orders;
• Trump's lawfare campaigns against Letitia James and James Comey being dismissed;
• Trump's FBI director admitting that the Epstein files might never be released in full, with a dollop of additional scandal;
• Trump's lapdog in Homeland Security ignoring a court order to stop the illegal deportation flights to Central America; and
• Trump's favorite anti-vaxxer apparently still being a drug addict.

If you're not already disgusted, you may go to the piece for lurid details and links. The latter include something about Trump's National Intelligence Director that the author was probably too exhausted at that point to summarize.

It is good that most Americans see through Trump by now, and the piece notes that the utter incompetence of this Administration is emboldening its opponents. But that news is offset by the following peek into the soul of those who would rather profit from this situation than repair it:

It was gratifying to see Zohran Mamdani run circles around him, and Trump's passive demeanor that day was telling. Even the Beltway Democrats, or some of them anyway, are showing some game.

People may not hate incompetence. They may not hate corruption. And they may not hate extremism. But all three at once? It's getting to be too much for people, and it's a great way to close out the year. [bold added]

Trump is in power because of the degree to which Democrats embrace socialism. Biden ran as a centrist and governed from the left. While At least Trump is open about being corrupt is a position that disgusts me, it is understandable after what Joe and Hunter Biden did in light of the lousty alternatives.

Having someone like Mamdani running against someone like J.D. Vance will lead to more of the same, regardless of the result.

America is burning and the Democrats, seeing the fire, only want to be in charge of it.

This is no endorsement of the Republicans, who have shown themselves to be even worse, be it by abusing their power (MAGA Republicans), or by abetting those who have (most traditional Republicans).

In the meantime, MAGA might squabble a bit, but like "good" (read: battered) wives, they'll continue stand by their "man," no matter what he does to them.

-- CAV