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American Catastrophe, Trump, and the Fantasy of Disaffection
A lot of liberal friends assume that the invasion of the U.S. Capitol incited by Trump will lead to disaffection among a significant number of his followers. The chorus repeats: “This is the real beginning of the end”; even “his own people” will abandon him; the recent votes of Senate Republicans, and the losses in Georgia, all express ill for a Trumpist future. Certainly, as Biden’s team takes over, the majority will accept, or accept enough, the “new reality.”