Defeating Trumpism

Trumpism is a debased political ideology, a corrupt style of governance, a race-based political movement, and has developed a set of voter suppression mechanisms that were designed to acquire and maintain Trump's power as President in concert with a tame Republican-dominated Congress and Supreme Court.

Trump lost his bid for re-election, yet he garnered 70,000,000+ votes in the losing effort. Although he will no longer be president, Trumpism, his political ideology, remains and is a force that must be defeated. However, our country remains bitterly divided, politically, culturally, and so disparate and tribal that each has decided upon which reality it chooses to believe. Sadly, the alt-reality as propagated by Trump, Fox News, the right-wing blogosphere, and social media companies such as Facebook, still holds almost half the American electorate in its thrall.

Although defeating Trump has been an encouraging beginning, how best to defeat Trumpism is a question that requires an answer. Frankly, I am distressed by what I am hearing from many of the political pundits who represent the left because they assume that Trump, no longer President, will still be a potent force and kingmaker for the Republican right. I tend to agree with them provided that we do not act aggressively to alter this future reality. I have given this much thought and I am convinced that to accomplish this we must dramatically expose Trump as the criminally corrupt and truly evil individual he truly is. And this must be done as soon as possible soon after he loses his presidential immunity which now protects him. To accomplish this, it is vitally important that he is charged and indicted for the many crimes he committed as a private citizen prior to his election as President. Furthermore, these charges must not be brought by our nation's new Attorney General. The charges and indictments must be brought by those state-based prosecutors whose jurisdictions said crimes he committed as a private citizen. Similar to the O.J. Simpson very public and televised murder trial, the long history of Trump's crimes and scams (money laundering, tax evasion, bank fraud, Trump University scam, Trump Foundation improprieties, and assorted other financial shenanigans) must be laid bare in all their excruciating details. I long for the moment when I and my fellow citizens get to watch Trump, as he is finally cross-examined under oath and forced to answer all the questions his money and power has protected him from answering for so many years.

Sadly, although this will not heal many of the centuries-long scars that continue to divide our nation, it will be necessary to begin the healing.