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Deutschmeister's avatar

For now, yes, quite possibly so. But history books take a long view of things, and I remain certain that they will not judge this era, and that person, kindly when all is said and done. I wish I could live long enough to read it for myself.

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Sherri Priestman's avatar

Boy do I agree with you on this. He will be studied, and not with admiration. More like Covid.

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Richard Kane's avatar

Unless of course he wins and the only place you can learn the truth about him is in another country. If he wins, American children will learn how he was chosen as the Hand of God.

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Sherri Priestman's avatar

My balloon just burst.

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HistoricalHolli's avatar

He's a lot like Henry VIII. In 500 years -- once the historical consequences have borne out and the dust has settled -- historians will have a lot of fun studying him. Sort of like "wow, can you believe the ego on this f'ing guy?!".

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Mark P's avatar

Oh I completely agree. He will go down as the worst president in American history, unless something worse comes down the pike later (what a horrifying thought!).

It's just exasperating that he's never held accountable for any of his actions and instead more often than not gets rewarded for them.

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Lynn Horsky's avatar

There's still hope for Merchan's sentencing

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Terry Hilldale's avatar

He has already gone down as the worst president history according to the most recent historians' ranking

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Alondra's avatar

I think there's a theory somewhere that the zeitgeist changes every so often, and while the nature of the change is not predictable, the occurrence of change is. So I see the last 80 or so years, since WWII and the bomb as the atomic/hydrogen age, now we are in a new zeitgeist, characterized by anger, misanthropy, selfishness, meanness. Somehow the UK and France have held off the full-fledged entry into this ugly new age, of which T is the avatar, but we haven't. But I haven't given up hope that we, who know T & Co for what they are, can influence the new zeitgeist.

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Deutschmeister's avatar

That's a very cogent theory. Change is constant in the world, and people want fresh faces and approaches every so often. Rational thinking all too often yields to impulse. Connecting those dots helps in part to explain how we went from There to Here. Thanks for sharing.

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SandyG's avatar

FYI, this theory has been advanced. See "What Does Our Current Fourth Turning Hold For Us?" (https://youtu.be/uAxBjl7VYOM?si=uYOZzb1yPC2ZsmQU).

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Carol S.'s avatar

Problem is that he won't be around to suffer the humiliation that he so richly deserves.

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