Just read your essay on your profile page. Couldn’t agree more with all you said.
I feel a little better about Trump now than I did in 2017. He is growing into the job. Each encounter with the swamp teaches him something new and he learns well. He is still just a speed bump though. What he is doing is much like the garrison at Rourke’s Drift or any other beseiged group with no place to turn but to fight. There is always the possibility that you may win and that has happened before. In not fighting there is a 100% chance that you will LOSE. I think with Trump though the thought of losing never crosses his mind. At least if it does we will never know it.