The Opposite of a Honeymoon

 

Can't we just revel in Trump's defeat for a while? I'm not ready to start thinking about what ghouls Biden has put forth for his cabinet yet. I'm having too much fun watching Trump and his legal team flail around like walruses on a beach. The schadenfreude is off the charts. 

It is so delicious to see Trump turned into a lame duck by the democratic process. His grip on power is slipping away, and I'm really enjoying it. Whatever the opposite of a honeymoon is, that's what I'm feeling about Trump right now. It's the (however paltry) joy that follows a divorce. (The Germans must have a word for it.) America has dumped Trump, and the rejection is driving him insane.

I'm just luxuriating in the knowledge that he'll soon be out of the White House and will lose his vise-like grip on the news. I've been thinking that no longer being the Center of the Universe could drive him mad, but he might prefer his new position as kingmaker. He can throw bombs from off-stage, criticize politicians and not have to actually do anything. 

He'll still have a cult of personality and maybe even his own TV channel or online media outlet. The MSM will have to pay him heed because of the legions of people who still (bafflingly) hold him in high regard. 

The wild card is his legal trouble. He might have to face the music, but, considering he's gone so long without paying the piper, why would they throw the book at him now? Did he go too far by becoming president? Is he no longer of any value to his creditors? I don't know. 

Maybe he's become more of a liability than an asset to them. It might serve them politically to wash their hands of him. They could take the credit for finally putting him away. There would be a rich irony (and sweet satisfaction) in seeing the man who sailed to the presidency with chants of "Lock her up!" become the first ex-president to go to prison. (I hope it starts a trend.)

I know I reveled in the Establishment's (i.e., Hillary's) defeat 4 years ago, but the Trump Admin has been so emotionally exhausting that I'm over the moon to see it go. At least now we can get back to the much calmer status quo ante of Leftists getting pissed off at a Democratic president while Liberals remain blissfully ignorant (or in denial) of all his crimes. It'll be just like old times.