Before Trump, most Americans weren’t especially
passionate about politics. But Trump’s MO has been to force people to
become passionate about him – to take fierce sides for or against. And he considers himself president only of the former, whom he calls “my people”.
Trump
came to office with no agenda except to feed his monstrous ego. He has
never fueled his base. His base has fueled him. Its adoration sustains
him.
So does the antipathy of his detractors.
Presidents usually try to appease their critics. Trump has gone out of
his way to offend them. “I do bring rage out,” he unapologetically told Bob Woodward in 2016.
In this way, he has turned America into a gargantuan projection of his own pathological narcissism.
Civil war is unlikely, but the weeks and perhaps
months after election day will surely be fraught. Even if Trump is
ultimately forced to relinquish power, his core adherents will continue
to view him as their leader. If he retains power, many if not most
Americans will consider his presidency illegitimate.
So
whatever happens, Trump’s megalomaniacal ego will prevail. America will
have come apart over him, and Trump Nation will have seceded from
Anti-Trump Nation.
Amid talk of civil war, America is already split – Trump Nation has seceded | US elections 2020 | The Guardian
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