The only reason we still have a dangerously incompetent and wildly corrupt president is because the most powerful people in the country are benefiting from having a dangerously incompetent and wildly corrupt president. 1/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
Politicians on both sides benefit from Trump. The Republicans gain power to pass their agenda and Democrats can use him as a foil. Both parties? Raising money like gangbusters. Every time he opens his mouth there’s a new and lucrative call for money. 2/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
The extremely wealthy are making tons of money as the GOP passes their rich-friendly tax bills and deregulate everything. But they’re also winning because Trump means people are losing even more faith in government, meaning less regulation and more privatization. 3/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
The corporations are having a field day. They’re using the sectionalism of politics as a means to sell people products that supplement their political identities and political anger. 4/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
And corporate media? And the journalism industry? The mechanisms that are supposed to serve as watchdogs are enjoying record traffic and attention as a culture of terror, anger, and abject anxiety are being sold because there’s an unstable and criminal president. 5/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
Despite the appearance that everyone wants him gone, those in power in this country have more incentive to rise out the Trump Presidency until it collapses. It’s like a stock. You wait until the last minute to jump off. 6/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
There’s too much here that could have taken Trump down for it not to have coalesced. This is a bubble like any other. People want to get in and make money and gain power while they can. 7/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
But people can affect this. If people overturn the spectacle nature of our politics and let those benefiting from Trump know that they’re going to lose money and power it could pop this bubble and actually start the process of healing. 9/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019
It can end and it should end. People need to assert their right to protest this debacle and reclaim their control over the government and country. If that starts, if it coalesces, this thing could come to a merciful and necessary end. 10/10
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 23, 2019