There is nothing special about Donald John Trump.
He is, and has been since January 20, 2021, a private United States citizen. He is an obscenely wealthy private citizen, but that is all he is--just another number in the approximately 340 million souls who make up this nation.
All of us--every individual in that batch of 340 million people who call themselves Americans--are governed by one set of laws.
I'll say that again because some people just don't seem to get it. Every person who claims citizenship in the United States is subject to one body of law.
And just one more time for the truly thick: No one, including Donald John Trump, is governed by any special body of law. We're all under the same laws and are all subject to the same punishments if we violate those laws, which are grounded in the Constitution of the United States of America.
Trump is no different. He may be able to hire hundreds of expensive attorneys, but they all answer to the same law as the youngest and poorest public defender.
When Trump is found guilty, as he will be, he will face the same punishment and will go to the same prison as the poorest defendants.
In Joan Osborne's eloquent phraseology, Trump is "just a slob like one of us."
Go back up a few lines and note again that the laws of this country are anchored in its Constitution. Then think back to Trump's several attempts to weaken or disable the Constitution during his presidency, and his last, most risky and egregiously illegal act: the insurrection of January 6, 2021, which he planned, orchestrated, and cheered while watching it unfold on television in the White House.
The goal of that insurrection was to overthrow the Constitution. Why does Trump want to do away with the Constitution? Very simple: so he can establish a separate set of laws that will apply only to him, which would probably outlaw democracy and make him president for life.
Think about that. I mean, really think about it for some period of time.
Think what such a condition would mean to you, your job, your family, your church, your kids' schools, and everything else of importance to you.
Read the Constitution, including the Amendments and imagine life without them.
You may complain about politicians, but consider life without them, as attractive as that may seem. Not only no Congress, but very likely no state legislatures. Probably no councils in the larger cities.
Then think about the big one: You would have no voice.
You may be a white man who dreams of such a situation, imagining how you and your buddies would be empowered to do anything you want to anyone you don't like.
Think again, Bubba.
No rights for anybody. Period.
Think about it.
--- Diogenes, 13 August 2023