Trump’s Second Trial Finally Broke America’s Bullshit Cycle
THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT
The machine counted on people getting bored or giving in—but thanks to Trump, a system that counted on apathy is facing a public determined to hold people in power to some account.
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Donald Trump is a liar.
Between his stiffed contractors, duped voters, horrified journalists, friends, and associates he’s thrown under the bus, and the three wives he’s fucked around on postpartum, I may be the half-billionth person to point this out. Doesn’t matter.
But as his second impeachment trial unfolds, I’m starting to think that Trump might have accomplished something incredible. He may have brought on the demise of the engine of bullshit that has powered American government for at least as long as I can remember.