«Post-Trump, any hint of a coherent governing philosophy has vanished. There is no Republican agenda, just culture warfare and obstruction. The party’s most defining principle right now is the Big Lie. Practically speaking, it reliably serves only the ultra-rich. It is inflamed with racism and nativism.»

https://presswatchers.org/2021/09/press-watch-mission-statement-political-journalism-needs-a-reset/

This is not a Donald Trump problem. This is what happens when the white majority of this country inexorably slides into minority, like an iceberg drifting away or an ocean liner leaving the dock.

This will not stop when Trump has eaten his last cheeseburger, but will continue for a generation, past the point of the US’s transition to a majority-minority country.

It’s only going to get uglier, imo, until enough of the biggest ethnic fraction of our electorate finally says, “ok, that’s too much,” which is what I think happened last time. (To be more specific: an overload of Holocaust and lynchings and killings sickened enough people that changes were made.)

I just hope we don’t destroy ourselves in the process.