As I watch the Trump second term in office it reminds me of the TV school Scandal that ran between 2012 and 2018. For years Trump and his minions have been pushing the narrative on the American people that there is a deep state operation in Washington, with nefarious players in control of the government. This idea has grown and grown and eventually led up to the January 6th uprising by Trump supporters to overturn the 2020 election. The peaceful transfer of power was no more. While they were not successful the Trump marketing campaign of disinformation, judicial delays, and claims of his persecution by the deep state and the Democrats have led to him becoming President again.
While I disagreed with some of the far-right policies of the left, I am a moderate Democrat who believes in fiscal conservatism by our government. I believe we can do better to reduce spending while still supporting and helping those in need. Trump has promised a smaller government, but his methods are suspect and are being implemented by an Olivia type fixer, Elon Musk.
In the tv series Pope runs a crisis management company in Washington, DC for high profile clients like politicians, celebrities and public figures, and as an aside she is sleeping with the President, who she helped get elected. Elon is not Olivia (while there is a bromance going on with Trump) he is playing the crisis management role for Trump after having helped get him elected using his millions of dollars. Musk is basically the head of B613 in this scenario. In the tv show B613 was a secret CIA subdivision that's involved in fixing elections, terrorism and more. While Musk is not that deadly, his title of leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is in plain sight and is setting up Trump for control of the executive branch and the other arms of government.
While Trump labeled the Biden family a criminal organization, he is actually running the government more like that, with his placement of loyalist on the Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Justice Dept., Senators, FBI, and the Military Dept. of Defense. People like JD Vance, Mike Johnson and Kash Patel operate as consiglieres for B613 and the Republican party.
Immigration acts as a rival gang in the way of Trumps power. All the people from black and brown country coming to take his power as the leader of a supremely powerful white nation. They are taking over.... Yes, the Biden policies were too far right and liberal when it came to immigration, but it was based on compassion. The problem is not the people, but the policies we have to review the immigrants and allow those who are valuable contributors to work and become citizens within a reasonable period of time. A bipartisan proposal was put forward to help, but Trump had his minions vote it down, because it would have been a win for the government in place and hurt his election chances. Now he can move forward with just deporting all this people indiscriminately.
The next four years or episodes of this will be very hard on the people outside the Presidents circle, and even some supporters who though they would be safe. I think the rural voters and the poor who supported Trump with thoughts of improved lives will bear the brunt of his policies. The upper class and oligarchs will do fine as they continue to reap the benefits of loyalty to their leader. Morals, and empathy for the concept of all men are created equal in this country, have been replaced by misinformation and open lying. Perhaps somewhere in the future someone will be able to step forward and return life where the truth matters, and the government did work for the good of the people.