15 January 2020 #MAGAanalysis #Overturn

The Burden Of Command, Or If I Were Trump Right Now

I'll get a few more hours sleep after posting this early morning's thread. It's just after 3:30 AM, EST. The dream for America that I dreamed awakened me, and so here I am.

2) And this is what I imagined in my dream. It is the pain of ego. It's horror, actually. That a nation's fate rests upon a single person offers horrors that none of us, not in Trump's shoes, can imagine, really. The fate of our nation and its destiny rides on his decisions.

3) Trump has a world class ego. He knows this. It is impossible for him to dismiss. He knows that remaining the president into his second term will be good for him, himself. He faces the judgment of history over this decision. He rightly fears history's judgment.

4) If he uses all of his powers and the result is he remains in office then every opposing force on earth will cry out against him. He is a dictator. He claims to support democracy but he has destroyed democracy, they will say. He has abridged the will of the people, they'll say.

5) We know that he has actually put in place the tools of power to reverse the wrongful, fraudulent ascent of Joe Biden. He has over 20,000 national guard soldiers there in DC. He has signed the Insurrection Act. He is poised to declare Martial Law.

6) I know his temptation. It is the will to surrender. He will be deemed a good man if he fades into the shadows of defeat. I assure you, his life will be far easier if he does. His businesses await his return. He alone commands those businesses. No other can replace him.

7) I am his follower as I have so often and so proudly stated. I await his guidance. He has NOT guided me yet. By me, I don't mean me. I mean all of us, his followers. He demures to guide us, so far. It is this hesitation that my dream addressed. The burden of command is vast.

8) I think I've shared that my current reading obsession is James Fenimore Cooper. His thoughts about command are given here.

“The soldier or the sailor, so long as he acts under the immediate supervision of a superior, thinks little of the risks he runs...

9) "...but the moment he feels the responsibility of command, all the hazards of his undertaking begin to associate themselves in his mind: with the chances of success or failure.