Subject: Re: He's such an idiot
I want to rebut just one point there. (Not that I agree with the others, but this is one I believe to be important.)

Sorry, he's not competent enough to screw up our democracy. NO way. This guy can't focus on ONE thing and has NO idea who his counsellors are.

There's no doubt Trump is incompetent at running a country. We have 4 years of history to prove that. But he IS competent at being selfish and surrounding himself with Yes-men (who he will toss under the bus as needed - so pay attention all you potential yes-men) who will do his bidding in a more competent way than he can.

Look back at his 4 years in office. He did accomplish a few things - all with help from others who knew what they were doing.
-He managed to stack the USSC with 3 very conservative justices. He didn't do this alone - he had help, mainly from Mitch McConnell.
-He got a big tax cut for the wealthy through Congress. Again with help from the leaders in Congress.

Importantly, he did come pretty close to overturning an election. That was a well organized effort to get a mob together and send them to the Capitol. And don't give me any of this "peaceful" garbage. He is very competent at giving mob boss style instructions - telling folks what he wants done without giving direct orders, and even contradicting them in public speech. He knows exactly how to put a layer of insulation between himself and his instructions for illegal activity.

Given a second term, he will again surround himself with people who are competent at doing what Trump wants, although not necessarily the historical description of the job. Just look at his first selection, Vance. Several years ago, Vance could correctly be described as an anti-Trumper. But once Trump gained power, he kissed the ring like all of the other sycophants in his circle. Vance has publicly said he would have no problem doing the illegal job that Pence refused to do.

Even though Trump claims to be disassociated with Project 2025, you can bet that they would be in his ear, (or kissing his posterior) to convince him to do the things in that playbook. They'd compliment him to get what they want. And they have competent people ready and willing to accomplish those goals.

So the issue isn't Trump's incompetence. It is that he will bring in the competent people needed - not to do the job of governing, but to do the job of giving Trump what he wants: the power of the Presidency to do with it as he wishes. In exchange, he's allow those competent people to do what they want with governance, as long as Trump remains at the top and showered with praise and adoration.

--Peter