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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I refuse to let the next 4 years of president Trump and the chaos he brings affect me mentally the way it did 2016-2020. My plan now is to just sit back and watch (sometimes with popcorn) - at least when I feel like tuning in. Since this is a DC based board I assume many of you, like me, understand and have concerns about the democratic norms he upends and the disruption he brings and you do not take our system of government for granted. But at this point it seems the American people - or about half of them - want this disruption.

My state of mind is to focus on what is right in front of me - family, friends and local community. I will watch with detached interest what public administration reforms, to put it lightly, these next 4 years will bring. What I won't do is freak out, get upset, or worry about every outrageous thing he says or does because in a way that is what drives his power. Plus, I don't want to.

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Sitting back is not an effective way to get what you want.  I would start to take a look at 2026 and see if there are seats in Congress that can be flipped.  How do we get a winning coalition to get out and vote?[/quote]

That sounds great, but people can't be convinced to ditch Trump and his party, his plan, his goals, none of that -- not by information. Not by activism. Not by offering a better alternative based on either actual accomplishments or good plans. If they could, they would have been, so nope.

This country wants Trump. I'm not going to storm the capitol, or burn ballots, or even cry over it. This is what they want, and that is the rule of the game -- more of them than there are people that don't want it, so this is what's for dinner. Fair enough.

I am going to work on things like justice and fair account on a more local level, and for individuals I can help. But I'm not wasting whatever energy and caring I have left on tilting at windmills. I'll do what I can, conserve my strength, and be ready for when people start to choose something different at the macro level. Until then, I'm not wasting anything on trying change the minds of people who get charged up by that in opposition.

Sorry. Shoot me as the messenger if you want. Not going to get worked up about you, either. [/quote]

This!  It is a cult.  50% voted for it, even the ones who were aware of his plans--they said "my financial side is more important than anything else". The others are part of a cult and bamboozled by whatever lies he tells.  They voted for this, now they will get the cuts that he promised--oftentimes to programs that they actually need to survive.  So they will struggle.  
Except now, there is no one to blame except trump and his congress (R).

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