The cloud of hangers-on and office-seekers at Mar-a-Lago resembles to me the courtiers and vicious court politics of past monarchy--imagine Henry VIII with a couple less wives, a couple more male heirs. The new king will have the power to build up or cancel those who dare to question his arbitrary will.
The "electoral wisdom of the American voter" has brought us to this juncture, an embarrassment before all the world. Oligarchy has been sneaking up on us, but now it's a stampede to give away the fiefs (in this modern time, the departments of the Federal executive) and their product to the highest bidders.
The ceremony is being brought inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of cold weather. Donald Trump should have been declared persona non grata by Congress and, rather than being invited inside to "celebrate" his ascension, he should have been banned from the building, upon pain of death. The Senators should give him the Julius Caesar treatment.
I have only one piece of advice to those who will observe or read the Trump's inauguration speech: Do not believe anything he says. Some of it may be true, some will surely be lies, much of it will express professed intention that will never come to pass. All of it will be bluster, toxic, fake masculinity. Yes, he's a dickhead--All Hail King Dickhead I and the Drumpfen dynasty! Or else....
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