Pogo said something like “We have found the enemy and the enemy are us.” Trump’s base is a disillusioned group that believes the most idiotic ideas put forth on radical internet sites. Whether Trump actually believes these crazy conspiracies and outright fantasies, I don’t know but he has continued them.

            One of the principles the far right believes is the Congress and Senate are against them and need to be eliminated to protect the Constitution and Country. To protect themselves, the Republicans have shifted the onus on to the Democrats but the base thinks both parties are against them. The more Republicans play to Trump’s loyal supporters the more they have to leave sanity and safety for all of them. When Trump’s aura is found to be a scam his base will turn against both party’s people.

            The “Deep State” is the people who just come in each morning, do their jobs, and go home – no matter what party is in power. If they don’t like the current President’s policies they quit and hundreds quit during the last four years. Sooner or later Trump’s base will figure out the Republicans have had control of the “Deep State” since the mid-nineties.

            The Republican Party used to be the “Law and Order” party. After Nine-Eleven, they took their eye off domestic terrorism and put it on international. The domestic threat grew rapidly. During the last four years the party put incompetent lap dogs in many Department of Justice positions allowing Trump to take the heat off his radical base. His social media rants allowed the White Supremeists and militias to grow and move into some political positions. This allowed them to infiltrate the bureaucracy and state and national legislative bodies. The enemy may be us!