People can read all the books and watch all the shows and still not get it.
“Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.”
“So power is a mummer’s trick?”
“A shadow on the wall,” Varys murmured, “yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
It seems to me that many liberals might never be able to accept that The West Wing view of the world is nonsense. They seem to be unable to accept that power is the only thing that matters in the US right now. And Trump is power. Criminal law does not apply to him. Trump can just ignore the law and keep breaking it. Legal rulings move so very slowly. Plus it hardly matters if Trump wins or loses. If he wins - he keeps going. If he loses - he will appeal and keep going. If he loses the appeal - he’ll ask the supreme court to review the ruling.
And If the GOP justices have the audacity to rule against him - I think he’ll keep going and tell them to fuck themselves. At least that will be funny. Chief Justice Roberts (or another GOP justice turd) will write an angry op-ed about it in the Wall Street Journal. And Trump will say something like “Chief Justice Roberts is a bad judge. Maybe I remove him.” And a reporter will say he can’t just ‘remove’ Roberts. Trump will get testy and say 'Yes I can. Official act. Justice Roberts bye-bye. Could be permanent." And Roberts won’t complain anymore because he understands full well that Trump threatened to execute him.
People can read all the books and watch all the shows and still not get it.
“Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.” “So power is a mummer’s trick?” “A shadow on the wall,” Varys murmured, “yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
It seems to me that many liberals might never be able to accept that The West Wing view of the world is nonsense. They seem to be unable to accept that power is the only thing that matters in the US right now. And Trump is power. Criminal law does not apply to him. Trump can just ignore the law and keep breaking it. Legal rulings move so very slowly. Plus it hardly matters if Trump wins or loses. If he wins - he keeps going. If he loses - he will appeal and keep going. If he loses the appeal - he’ll ask the supreme court to review the ruling.
And If the GOP justices have the audacity to rule against him - I think he’ll keep going and tell them to fuck themselves. At least that will be funny. Chief Justice Roberts (or another GOP justice turd) will write an angry op-ed about it in the Wall Street Journal. And Trump will say something like “Chief Justice Roberts is a bad judge. Maybe I remove him.” And a reporter will say he can’t just ‘remove’ Roberts. Trump will get testy and say 'Yes I can. Official act. Justice Roberts bye-bye. Could be permanent." And Roberts won’t complain anymore because he understands full well that Trump threatened to execute him.
I know this is said to Tyrion, but is Varys stealth talking about Lilfinger?