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3 1/2 years later. Nothing. Has. Changed.
November 12, 2020
Still consumed with politics, but less angry. More fearful, although that’s not the right word. Apprehensive?
It doesn’t look like Trump will prevail in his attempts to overturn the election, yet his failure to acknowledge this, even remotely, is troubling. He can do a lot of damage between now and January 20th. He’s firing top Department of Defense staff. And he can do a lot of damage after January 20th as well. He’s privy to a great deal of classified information. And he’s demonstrated he’s willing to share that information with foreign governments. He discounted his own intelligence, publicly, while presenting with Putin. He said Putin said Russia wasn’t involved in sabotaging the 2016 election, when we know full well they were.
I’ve been laid off a couple of times in my life. Security walks you out of the building, so you can’t take any proprietary information or sabotage the system. Trump has plenty of time to sabotage. I don’t understand why he wants to get walked out of the White House. It’s a humiliating experience. It makes no sense.
I’m also concerned we are vulnerable to attack by our enemies. And I’m concerned Trump will instigate some sort of military action. I’ve been assured both of those scenarios are unlikely. But just as I’m assured, I watch news segments that…