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There were a lot of people who intended to be Littlefinger and use chaos as a ladder. It didn’t really work for any of them, did it?
Some criminals like @DineshDSouza got pardons. Some grifters like Gorka made their grift permanent. A bunch of people like Lin Wood made a quick buck.
But Steve Bannon thought he’d be leading an international right-wing populist movement from the White House.
But Steve Bannon thought he’d be leading an international right-wing populist movement from the White House.
I stand by I everything I’ve said about how many of these people deserve to live in disgrace and won’t; they’ll go on making plenty of money and even after last week getting all too much prestige.
But I don’t see a lot of top-level politics careers at the pinnacle of power here.
But I don’t see a lot of top-level politics careers at the pinnacle of power here.
Various billionaires will carry on being billionaires— and that’s part of why chaos wasn’t a ladder, because there wasn’t any room to climb past the immediate family in particular.
Steven Miller got his wish of hurting a lot of people.
A bunch of people got the federal court appointments they’ve always dreamed of.
But who else emerges *newly triumphant*?
You know who’s powerful? Mitch McConnell. And he was already powerful in 2015.
A bunch of people got the federal court appointments they’ve always dreamed of.
But who else emerges *newly triumphant*?
You know who’s powerful? Mitch McConnell. And he was already powerful in 2015.
It’s still all too possible that ambitious insurrectionists like Cruz or Hawley have enough time to rebuild, but they’re certainly not at the height of their political careers right now.
Does Mick Mulvaney have a political future? Jeff Sessions? Chad Wolf? Michael Flynn?
Does Mick Mulvaney have a political future? Jeff Sessions? Chad Wolf? Michael Flynn?
