Neophyte said:

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

I have no idea what if anything is in his head. Hos last few weeks of campaign speeches seemed very much designed to ruin things for Congressional Republicans.

There’s a lot to come in yet but at this point I’m confident of Dems at least reaching 51 senator seats. The new senate is sworn in on 3 Jan 2027. I assume there will be some pressure on Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to retire from the Supreme Court, so that their replacements can be rushed through in this 2 month window.

A big risk is that, if the Dems do take control of the House (and more so, if they get the Senate, too) Trump feels that he’s both isolated and emasculated in a political sense.

He’s the sort who needs to constantly demonstrate (to himself, if no-one else) that he’s the boss, he’s in charge, he gives the orders.

So, my crack about ‘who to bomb next’ might be regrettably prescient.

One suspects he’s just itching to use a nuke on somebody….anybody.

We might be saved by his innumeracy.