The Atlantic
Trump leaves behind a wounded nation, and it will take time to heal.
January 20, 2021
So what if he was bad at it?
The five years of the Trump era which began with his descent down the gilded escalator in Trump Tower in 2015 and are ending with a massive military presence in the nation’s capital to protect the transfer of power to his successor brought a sustained assault on self-government. This assault was most often futile, almost always buffoonish, and, as the conversion of the seat of the federal government into an armed fortress demonstrates, unquestionably real.
Throughout the Trump era, some have argued that Trump’s incompetence rendered his authoritarian aspirations inconsequential.
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Vice-President Mike Pence can save our country
To do so, however, he must grab hold of the power the Constitution grants specifically to him â the exclusionary power to nullify and invalidate Electoral votes from those States where he believes the election process was so flawed and fraudulent, criminal and corrupt, there is no possible remedy otherwise.
Of course, wielding such power is the very definition of Tyranny â the Webster Dictionary definition being âabsolute power vested in a single ruler.â This sort of Tyranny is neither good nor bad on its face but its mere existence is anathema to a Democratic Society and quickly corrosive to any person attempting to wield its powers.