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Donald Trump Has Left The Room. Now What?
It’s time to get serious about the future.
Donald Trump woke up this morning and quietly left. There was a small ceremony. Nobody paid much attention. He didn’t have to be dragged out, and he didn’t try to declare martial law. Now he’s in Florida, playing all the golf his shriveled heart desires while watching cable news and ranting about immigrants, like anyone’s racist grandpa.
Our worst nightmare didn’t come to pass. Democracy remains intact. Meanwhile, Trump’s did. He’s finally irrelevant.
Nobody cares what he says or does anymore, as long as he stays off social media and out of politics.
We have a few surprising turns to thank for this new, muted version of Trump. It wasn’t just that Twitter banned him. Every other social media platform followed. All of his business partners ditched him. Then Mitch McConnell (of all people) flat out declared that Trump spent months spreading lies and conspiracy theories before inciting a deadly riot at the capitol. It’s not like all these people suddenly grew a spine. They simply heard the change in tune and decided to start playing along.
Hey, we’ll take it.
Now we don’t really know what to do with ourselves. We just witnessed a surprisingly normal inauguration ceremony. That’s…
