I think he’s sicker than they’re letting on. I think he has an expiration date, known only by a few insiders. People are jockeying for position, working to envision themselves in a post-trump world. Mike Johnson is trying to slither his way into the Presidency. Bible in his pocket, right hand ready to spring into oath-taking position, he seems to be an appealing alternative to JDVance. That is, if you haven’t been paying very close attention to what a nazi he is. The entire nation will collectively barf at the idea of JDVance being President of the United States. He’s already such a laughing stock…not someone who can take on the role of manly leader.
Mike Johnson will be a new face to the masses of people who don’t pay attention to politics, beyond knowing who is President and whether or not to hate him. The only thing most Republicans know about Speaker of the House is that it is no longer Nancy Pelosi.
Johnson has made sure to be right in step with Donald Trump at every hair-pin turn. Now, suddenly, he’s diverging, ever-so-slightly, so very gently with regard to the Epstein Client List. Johnson would likely be among those in the inner circle to know the extent of Trump’s illness. He’s on the slide. And he won’t stop sliding until he lands at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…or so he thinks.
Upon closer inspection, Mike Johnson isn’t much more appealing than JD. Not really. Sure, he doesn’t look like a goon. But he doesn’t look or sound like a manly leader. There’s no bombast. Where Trump had a bullhorn Johnson will force people to turn up the volume. My guess is that they won’t bother.
So, who? Who will be this manly leader to spring from among the Republicans? This isn’t a rhetorical question. I really want to know who the heck could keep the Republicans engaged the way Trump did. He entertained everyone. I mean everyone…love him or hate him, he’s the center of every news story. The volume around Donald Trump is loud no matter where you stand. He convinced half the nation that he was the superhero they have all been waiting for, leaving the other half of us wondering how anyone could believe his crap. Think tanks will conduct studies for decades to try and parse the abyss between Who Donald Was and Who Donald Projected Himself to Be. Maybe just as interesting is Who Saw Donald As He Was vs. Who Drank the KoolAid? Why did so many drink the KoolAid?
Anyway, the spell is somewhat breaking, and it’s kind of fun to watch…or it would be if the Media hadn’t turned it into such a feeding frenzy. Trump has finally thrown a tantrum to the very category of people you can’t aim a tantrum at…other great big babies. When a baby screams at another baby, the other one screams back. Yeah. They’re pissed. Damage is done. Bell rung. I can see Trump in my mind in that last scene of Ghost, where the bad guy is dragged, screaming, into hell by dark demons. I see Trump’s face, mouth stretched into a yawning scream, as he is dragged by demons to a prison unlike any prison anyone has ever seen.