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Too many times I've thought the madness was over, and Americans had learned something. But apparently the American voters never learn.
That Bush was reelected was crazy, and even his mental 2nd term didn't teach Americans anything, so they later elected Trump, and even that wasn't bad enough for some sense to seep in among half the American voters, so they freaking elected him for a 2nd term, despite warnings it would 100% for sure be even worse than the first time.
I don't trust the American voters have learned anything even now. Ivanka inheriting the White House should be a bad joke. But it's not really. It is a potential future USA faces.
Trump already tried once to take control of the White House with violence, and it seems a near certainty he will try again unless he dies first. And on 2nd try he will have the advantage of experience, while the checks and balances that already haven't worked, are even further undermined.