Forces are building to get USA past Trump

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I suppose it's a treasure trove for writers: following all that gets revealed about Donald Trump, the man and the phenomenon. Let's put aside any over-arching judgment of Trump the man - the person - right now. Should be obvious to all he is bigger than life. If we were talking about a normal person with normal human failings, well, a collective yawn might be called for at some point. All of that would still provide decent fodder for the news cycle. And like crime, death and taxes, the "tell-all books" spill out. 

Trump's human flaws are more than average. Sensible people ought not waste their breath commenting on Trump the man as if that's a central point in anything. Maybe such talk was called for early-on in Trump's presidency. Maybe that's because we allowed for him being a normal person just trying to steer America straight ahead. We could have legitimate policy disagreements. Like we'd hear on the old "Capitol Gang" show with George Mitchell and Bob Dole. Oh how quaint, to ponder such political discourse. 

You see, an undercurrent with all political wrangling is that America as we've known it must be held together. We accept this premise unless we really become moved to say "to hell with the American experiment." That element does exist. We hear from Texas types about "secession." It's an emotional, whimsical thought that reaches populists sometimes. 

Here's the fundamental truism: the number one aim of any government is to survive. Shall I repeat that? Well no, it was pretty clear out of the starting gate. You might think: well, that's obvious. Let's juxtapose my point with "the perfect is the enemy of the good." People in our U.S. government have always understood there's a sausage-making element to it. We are all flawed human beings. The American experiment has been fascinating but not without an element (or two) of fragility. 

The people with the real levers of power might seem sinister in a particular way, but they have the most sensitive task of steering this nation ahead, in a purely existential way. "Steering" as in "avoid the iceberg." Couldn't resist that - the little visual might be helpful. 

The people holding the real levers must sometimes just do what it takes and accept collateral damage. The perfect is the enemy of the good. You might appreciate an example. So let's ponder a "conspiracy" which was not a dreamed-up one. The most powerful people realized at a key juncture that no way could the USA government and its military admit to the public that TWA Flight 800 was shot down by a missile. The shock might not be sustainable. The humiliation would be too profound. 

I do not gravitate to sensational explanations. But I consider it fact that the plane was shot down in a military training accident. Purely an accident, though something more shady might stick in the back of your mind. I ignore the latter for the purposes of my argument. And I share all of this as I try to present context for what is going on right now in our Capitol with the Jan. 6 hearings. 

We are waiting with excruciating patience for the tide to turn and for the Jim Jordans of the world to just shut the f--k up. We are waiting for the Kevin McCarthys to be confronted on live TV by interviewers who call them out in up-front insulting terms. We might have our finger still in the wind today as I write this, waiting for the new unequivocal course to take over. But I sense it's coming, and it will arrive when the people with the hold on the real levers realize which side has to "win" here, for America to simply continue existing as it has. For the "American experiment" to simply survive. 

Ah, survival. It is the most fundamental instinct, n'est-ce pas? 

We are on the verge of seeing stuff happen - to see this lowlife Steve Bannon get shot out of the saddle (metaphorically) while he tries playing games with the legal system, as Trump acolytes are fond of doing, with success up to now. Up to now. 

The wind direction may be changing as we speak, with well-placed people in government realizing that we can't fool around with this queer fascination with Trump anymore. Forget Trump the person. We can put the person aside as a deluded soul with problems - a guy who shops around for porn stars to have sex with. Where do you sign up for that? Just kidding. 

This most bizarre flirtation has "gone too far." It has crawled along with mob boss tactics and legal tricks/machinations for too long. And now we're at the juncture where we'll need assurance that our USA will sail forward. Sail forward even with the kind of substantial disagreements we have always had. We must not fail. 

It may be we are buying time with the help of our central bank, the Federal Reserve. "The Fed" seems to govern how our cherished stock market does every single day. That is perverse. The Federal Reserve is at the ground floor with the true movers and shakers who make sure our country just rolls forward. And right now, I would guess they are thinking "we must get past the Trump phenomenon, the time has come." 

The opinion movers in the country will begin to coalesce, influenced consciously or subconsciously by the power brokers. Again, these are not sinister people. They simply realize that the purpose of government is to survive, and heaven help us all if it cannot. 

Mussolini climbed to the top as an autocrat, just like Trump has envisioned for himself. The communists caught up with "El Duce," got him killed and put his body up on meat hooks for mutilation. Do we want it to come to that, here in America?

- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com