It's not simply their nefarious plans that are causing the divisiveness: that divisiveness is fed by the self-aggrandizement of the elite that impoverishes the American middle class, much as the outrageous monopolization of wealth and theft of the ager publicus by the Senatorial class gave an opportunity to men of ambition to take control of the military and fight the Senate, ultimately culminating in the military dictatorship known as the Principate.
The irony in Sulla's case was that he was a conservative revolutionary who not only limited or removed offices abused by the populares like the tribunates but who put the fear of the gods or the mos maiorum back into the Senatorial class by executing and seizing the property of hordes of Senators. Then he voluntarily gave it all up and retired.
Trump is, in a way, our Sulla: a conservative revolutionary trying to undo much of the past 60 years of the excesses of the administrative state, but without proscription lists and executions. We'll see if that is sufficient. I doubt that it is.
The Epstein lists may be proscription lists with executions to follow.
I too saw that possibility in him. A general of industry, but really lacking a well-trained army to carry out his maneuvers.
He caught up on how to maneuver better over the last 8 years and insists on loyalty he knows he lacked then. He won’t ever admit that Operation Warp Speed was a bad idea is actually normal for a major leader. He learned from it and doesn’t care to defend it. Good thing the press won’t dare challenge him on it. It’s even funny how much worse they were and remain on the subject.
What I don’t get is why he doesn’t rake Thune over the coals for reneging on his promise and is currently blocking recess appointments. Will Trump push him harder? If not why not? Sulla would be meeting him right now and hammering out some way to allay that RINO’s fear of the establishment before openly battling the man.