Trump and the Republican Party–Going Separate Ways, But When?

My mom, a life-long Republican, asked me what I thought of the midterm election results, to which I replied, “My take is that the GOP is in an awkward transition period as it expels Trump and tries to re-establish itself as a sane and honest voice for traditional conservative values.”

That’s about the very nicest and most optimistic thing that can be said on the subject.  It’s not untrue, but it’s wishful thinking in that it doesn’t take into account that:

• GOP leadership, though it is clearly turning against Trump, is insanely far to the right, and shows no signs of relenting.  Anything that is remotely good for the common American gets 0.0% backing from congressional Republicans.

• Trump is having a tough time, but he’s far from gone.  He enjoys immense levels of support in deeply red states, which means that the cowards these morons elect continue to be forced to back the traitor and pretend to believe the Big Lie.  The cartoon above makes this like a fait accompli, but there are others that depict this in a different light altogether.  My favorite:  Siamese twins, Trump and an elephant, with a surgeon delivering the bad news, “It’s too late for separation.  You’re going down together.”  I expect the truth is somewhere in the middle.

• Of course it’s speculation, but is seems that Trump’s legal woes aren’t going to simply evaporate.  The utter chaos that is going to accompany a bushel basket of criminal indictments is a wildcard the size of Alaska.

We’ll have to wait and see.