Drug use in the first Trump administration may be yet another scandal (how'd the last ~1000 work out so far?), but I would not be concerned about that (only about everything else) in Trump's second term.
An early "All In the Family" episode tells us why. When Archie lands in jail for trying to rescue Mike & Gloria from a demonstration, he…
Drug use in the first Trump administration may be yet another scandal (how'd the last ~1000 work out so far?), but I would not be concerned about that (only about everything else) in Trump's second term.
An early "All In the Family" episode tells us why. When Archie lands in jail for trying to rescue Mike & Gloria from a demonstration, he uses a nasal inhaler for his sinuses. A hippie guy in the cell warns him about drugs, and tells him to instead get high on Jesus. Sadly, then and even more so now, Jesus - specifically their warped caricature of him - has indeed become an addictive "drug" to millions in the US alone. Most now are also firmly in the MAGA cult, with Jesus now 2nd to their top "god."
Trump doesn't need ethanol - which killed his brother - or any other substance to feed his addiction, which is of course to himself. After years of active vetting by his closest protectors, and "natural selection" (would-be Kellys, Mattises, even Pences, know better than to take the job even if they survive the vetting), the next Trump White House will be nothing but addicts. But their drug will be HIM, and they too will need nothing else. Unlike the drug addicts of the first term, who needed substances to help them cope with the choice they regretted, the next group will know exactly what they chose, and wouldn't have it any other way.
Personal side note: When I first saw that episode in 1971 I had just ended a 3-month addiction to nasal inhalers that started with a bad cold. A doctor told me to quit cold turkey and I haven't touched one since.
Drug use in the first Trump administration may be yet another scandal (how'd the last ~1000 work out so far?), but I would not be concerned about that (only about everything else) in Trump's second term.
An early "All In the Family" episode tells us why. When Archie lands in jail for trying to rescue Mike & Gloria from a demonstration, he uses a nasal inhaler for his sinuses. A hippie guy in the cell warns him about drugs, and tells him to instead get high on Jesus. Sadly, then and even more so now, Jesus - specifically their warped caricature of him - has indeed become an addictive "drug" to millions in the US alone. Most now are also firmly in the MAGA cult, with Jesus now 2nd to their top "god."
Trump doesn't need ethanol - which killed his brother - or any other substance to feed his addiction, which is of course to himself. After years of active vetting by his closest protectors, and "natural selection" (would-be Kellys, Mattises, even Pences, know better than to take the job even if they survive the vetting), the next Trump White House will be nothing but addicts. But their drug will be HIM, and they too will need nothing else. Unlike the drug addicts of the first term, who needed substances to help them cope with the choice they regretted, the next group will know exactly what they chose, and wouldn't have it any other way.
Personal side note: When I first saw that episode in 1971 I had just ended a 3-month addiction to nasal inhalers that started with a bad cold. A doctor told me to quit cold turkey and I haven't touched one since.