As he wraps up his 4 years in office, Trump's approval rating has sunk to 29%, the lowest ever in the history of the United States.
While that number is still way too high given the words and actions of this broken man, it does reflect a cold, hard truth of his presidency. Trump has always been, and always will be the leader of just a sliver of Americans. He was never able to reach out and unite the nation. He didn't even try. He didn't give two ***** about anything other than his hardcore MAGA base. And even that he did soley for selfish, personal reasons, to try to hold onto power and enrich himself.
The hardcore MAGA base, filtered down to its most extremist, white-nationalist, violent core, tried to overthrow a free and fair election and commit an insurrection against the Republic.
The Trump name, along with MAGA, will live on forever in infamy. Much, much worse than Nixon ever was.
As the nation braces for the weekend and Inauguration, Washington DC has become a militarized zone, with 20,000 troops guarding the Capitol.
Trump has left the nation in tatters, ripped apart by hatred, lies and reckless conspiracy theories.
The fall-out from all of this will take years to digest and fully comprehend.
This, my friends, is what happens, when you elect a deranged madman to the highest office.
Hopefully, lessons will be learned, and American politics will return from the brink, pushed there by Trump and his lunatic, fringe supporters.
Praying for peace and safety this weekend in DC and around the country. And very much looking forward to a new day in American politics, a return to sanity and normalcy.