ChileG
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I’d say the distrust he sewed into our election process alone already substantially weakened our democracy.He has always been crafty - that is not mutually exclusive with not being very intelligent.
There is clear evidence out there that there was substantial action taken in the first administration to provide guardrails against his worst impulses by people with the power to do just that.
There is also clear evidence that he acknowledges that happened and will be explicitly appointing people who won't take on that role.
Now I cannot say what he will try to do and whether he will succeed in doing those things, but it I think it is indisputable that there will be substantially fewer checks on his worst impulses and the risks of him doing something catastrophically bad for the county will be substantially higher.
The question is how much risk are you comfortable with? Does a 2% chance that he could do something that substantially impairs our democracy allow you to sleep at night? 6%? 8%? 15%? Events with enormous consequences have to be taken seriously even if their relative risk is on the low side.