Before the Battle of Antietam, Union troops found a document dropped by a careless Confederate with Lee’s complete battle plan. They gave it to Union General George McClellan, who bragged that he would now destroy Lee’s Army.
Then he went on to incompetently bungle everything, turn Antietam into the single bloodiest day of the war, and win a pyrrhic victory in which Lee’s army got away.
One of Lee’s aides remarked, “There was a single item in our advantage, but it was an important one. McClellan had brought superior forces to Sharpsburg, but he had also brought himself.”
It will be important to remember that, rather like Satan, destroying himself by crucifying Jesus, we have one huge ally in defeating Donald Trump:
Donald Trump.
He is a cunning predator, but he is also a stupid, stupid, stupid man. And his stupidity is magnified by his pride and his conviction that he is the greatest genius in the history of the world. Surrounding himself with toadies guarantees that nobody will ever warn him when he is doing something massively self-destructive (we are, after all, talking about a man who has bankrupted multiple casinos). That kind of incompetence has created a cult where Stupids and Incompetents feel free to never ask themselves, “Might I be making a mistake?” and that affords Normals lots of opportunities to exploit their stupidity to defeat them.
So have hope. Like the man said, “Hitler wasn’t all bad. After all, he killed Hitler!”
“Hope”, however, does not mean “Take it easy”. We are not done till he is done and all the destruction he and his Cult have wreaked is repaired:
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Trump appears to think that he is an expert on literally everything. During the pandemic, he pushed Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin,which was quackery. Clinical studies showed that these drugs did no good, but his MAGA crowd believed it because he said so. Trump has no medical training, but offers medical advice, such as injecting Lysol into people’s bodies. MAGA got angry with doctors who did not slavishly agree with Trump. Incredible.
Trump surrounds himself with sycophants rather than capable people, who will never disagree with him. Hegseth, a TV host, is now responsible for our national defense. Really? The glorification of ignorance.