- American leaders can be convicted felons and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can be held liable for sexual abuse and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can be inveterate liars, fabricators, and prevaricators and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can threaten, intimidate, and insult and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can play kissy face with foreign leaders who oppose American interests and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can have episodes of cognitive impairment and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can slander their predecessors and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can be impetuous, ill-informed, and incurious and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can be widely assessed as narcissistic and self-absorbed and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
- American leaders can regularly curse in public; remark in public about the size of another man’s penis; gesture in public oral sex and still be wildly successful. American followers generally cannot.
Whoever said in America was no double standard? Whoever said in America life was fair? Whoever said in America could never be a tyrant? A single individual who dominates the national discourse. A single individual who dominates the national agenda. A single individual who dominates the poltical culture. A single individual who dominates his party. A single individual who dominates the courts. A single individual who dominates fiscal policy. A single individual who dominates foreign policy. A single individual who will be so powerful he will dominate everyone and everything around him.
Whoever said was wrong. Donald J. Trump will certainly dominate me. Unless I emigrate he – or, in the event of illness or death, one of his minions – will be my leader and I his follower until, at least, January 2029.