We often discuss the long-standing question of whether it is better for your client to smile or not smile in a mugshot. Some believe a smile conveys a lack of contrition while others view a frown as looking guilty. In the first mugshot of a former American president, Trump (or now Inmate P01135809) rejected both the “carefree smile” and the “disapproving frown” and went with seething scowl. It is a mugshot that unfortunately will resonate with both extremes in our political system.
In Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, the devil Mephistopheles (Marlowe spells the name “Mephistophilis”) shows him Helen of Troy, “the face who launched a thousand ships” that released a firestorm.
The Scowl is likely to launch millions of ships . . . all in the wrong directions.
For District Attorney Fani Willis and many of her supporters, the mugshot clearly holds a type of trophy kill appeal worthy of framing and mounting on a wall. This is one of those moments long portrayed on teeshirts and other merchandise for many on the left.
For many Trump supporters, it is a moment of gratuitous insult of a president who is now being prosecuted in four different states just before an election where he is the leading Republican candidate. For the most extreme, it will be portrayed as a virtual declaration of war, proof that the establishment will use every means to prevent another 2016 populist victory.
It is noteworthy that, like his critics, Trump is already selling merchandise with the mugshot and a “Never Surrender” slogan.
In that way, the mugshot will be the rallying cry at both extremes in our political system.
For that reason, I believe the mugshot was a mistake, an inflammatory moment wisely avoided in New York by another Democratic prosecutor. It is entirely unnecessary for the most recognized face in the United States.
The fact, however, is that many on both sides relish the rage. I have previously said that the most unnerving fact of what I have called “the age of rage” is that people secretly enjoy it. Rage is addictive. It allows people to say and do things that they would ordinarily avoid in public. It is a license to hate blindly and excuse all means to achieve an end.
I think that the Georgia, New York, and federal January 6th indictments are unwarranted and threaten free speech. Moreover, it is valid for many to object that these prosecutions could have occurred years ago, but were launched just before the presidential election so that Trump will be running from court to court through the general election.
It is also true that the Mar-a-Lago case is more serious and more substantive . . . and that threat is continuing to grow as a threat for Trump as witnesses change their testimony and Trump aides confirm key prosecution claims.
Likewise, while I believe the case against Trump in the Georgia indictment is weak, there are defendants in that case that face stronger claims on specific election-related crimes.
Of course, in an age of rage, reason is the first to die. We cannot allow that to happen; we cannot allow rage addicts to drive our political or legal processes. We have the greatest legal system in the world. We will sort out these issues from the criminalization of political speech to the claim that Trump can be barred from the ballot even without a charge or conviction.
Courts are likely to divide on these issues. However, we remain a nation of laws. That tradition takes a certain leap of faith. We do not support that system only when we prevail. That is the view of court packers like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.,Y.). Notably, Ocasio-Cortez even said that she does not understand why we need a Supreme Court.
Even law professors and legal commentators have called our Constitution “trash” and called for the country to “reclaim America from constitutionalism.” That is the greatest danger of these times: that our deep divisions will cause us to lose faith in our defining values and in each other.
The Trump mugshot captures a defining moment for our country. It will define us. I believe that it is paramount that appellate courts consider the merits of the free speech and other challenges to the Georgia, New York, and federal cases. That may be difficult if judges support these prosecutors in demanding trials before constitutional appeals are taken. Appellate judges could agree, in good faith, that challenges are premature before any convictions.
The important thing is for citizens not to be played as chumps. We will sort this out. The courts will address these important legal issues as citizens resolve the equally important political issues raised by these prosecutions.
The merchandising and madness aside, we have more matters to resolve . . . together.
This column appeared on Fox.com
ORANGE 🍊 is the New RED, WHITE, and BLUE ! 🇺🇸
I think Donald Trump has found his Vice President in Tucker Carlson !
If Tucker’s is willing to hang on too the Windstorm that’s going to happen,
part of which They Both understand as Media Personalities. Tucker would make a great V.P.
He know many of the D.C. Players and has a grounded Republican perspective.
A Trump/Carlson Ticket would go the distance. And that, if I were Hillary and the DNC would scare the hell out of me.
Trump/Carlson in 2024 🇺🇸
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The GOP Debate-1 (August 23rd. 2023 ~ Milwaukee WI)
I found that only one question really had any meat in it. That was: What to do about Ukraine?
Asa, Pence, Haley had well seasoned D.C. neo-con opinions, whereas Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron Desantis had unseasoned D.C. Homeland-First stances that were strong. That may well be the deciding factor of back-end-support from the Deep State Overlords of the New World Order.
Mike Pence surprised me, I had pretty much written him off as a Player, he is a ‘Classic Presidential Figure’.
North Dakota’s Governor Doug Burgum was also an ‘introverted-surprise’, I think he has a lot to offer nervously bottled up inside him, but the Debate Platform wasn’t his venue, he choked a-little-bit, but not as bad as Ron Desantis.
Tim Scott is definitely V. P. material. He has the domestic agenda down pat. He’d be a good player in the Senate and House of Reps.
Chris Christie, He upped his game with this Debate. here too I was writing him off as a Micheal Cohen schmuck, but he really came around.
Don’t no why(?) but Chris Christie reminds me of John Madden, the kind of Guy you’d want to watch an NFL Football Game with.
Nikki Halley, was spot on the Center-Line. We need her. If the Dems run Hillary or Kamala or Warren, then She’s the GOP V.P. counter Ticket,
and that’s a very important aspect of 2024 not to be dismissed.
The Next Debate should be good, Personally I think all of the Candidates should have a 2nd round, but the RNC has a vetting process based on polling-percentages and then makes the Cuts. Also I hope they invite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join the debate. Why Not(?), granted He’s not a GOP Guy but He’s very relevant to the Domestic debate. And He also may become the Third Party Candidate. The DNC is giving RFK the Tulsi Gabard treatment.
So an invitation would demonstrate that the GOP Party can be innovation for sure, plus It’s kind of an insult to the DNC. An invitation can’t hurt, and at the very least He can be in the Audience. The GOP Party needs to up its Game.
Note:
The Republican National Committee (RNC) will hold its second presidential primary debate on Wednesday Sept. 27 in Simi Valley, California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
P.S. – Chris Christie if your reading this, We’re a available:
The 104th season of the National Football League (NFL). The season will begin on Thursday, September 7, 2023, with defending Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City hosting Detroit in the NFL Kickoff Game.
I would say Trump struck the right pose. It will be a Rorschach test on tee shirts of the left and right. He will surely be a martyr representing the changing relationship between the citizens and their government. The Constitution has been “outed” to be a feckless myth.
Just like the 1970’s asset forfeiture was only going to be used on drug king pins one time to prevent them from besting the government in court with expensive legal talent, it is still being used today to shake down granny for rent money and steal cars from twenty somethings in exchange for avoiding punishment. Governments never willingly give up power.
So while the legal geniuses are telling us to “not believe our lying eyes” and are telling us everything is going to be okay because, by golly, we got a Constitution, the lawyers also have their own fingers crossed behind their backs. DoJ has bred a wave of criminality from the top down, and the legal industry cowering in fear of DoJ.
Mr.Turley, esq. What exactly have you personally done about our sudden turn to third world “justice”.
Judges are not immune from corruption or political bias either. Anyone assuming judges, by virtue of their status, will be neutral and apply the law scrupulously is naive at best. We already see incompetent and radical lawyers elected as DA’s and we see state bar organizations actively promoting leftist causes. The legal profession is infected just like every other sphere of human endeavor in the US.
As a frequent Trump critic, and as a lifelong conservative Republican, I take no pleasure in this moment. Certainly some do and that serves no purpose. However, the events that have allegedly transpired between the November 2020 election and those that occurred on January 6th, left very little doubt that this day would come. Yes, all Americans have the right to presumed innocence. But, much of the alleged crime occurred in real time for literally all of us to see.
With that being said, the mugshot was absolutely necessary to demonstrate that Trump and the other defendants are not unlike any other American. That is a good thing. Now, the whole business of how Trump should have appeared on the picture is patently absurd. Apparently actual discussion occurred regarding whether he should smile, frown, or scowl. This is insane and again speaks to his fitness for any office let alone the presidency.
For sure, as Jon points out, this further divides America. The key point he is missing, however, is the fact that this isn’t occurring for no reason. It is occurring solely because of Trumps actions. This is happening to him because of him. No one else.
Are all the cases Trump finds himself in equally serious? Of course not. I fully believe the New York cases were less serious and probably brought by over zealous prosecutors looking to make their name. However, there is absolutely no question that the election related cases and the classified documents cases are valid and had to be pursued.
It is my hope and full expectation that we will not see another presidential mugshot for another 250 years. Hopefully, these cases and this mugshot deter any other candidate from attempting to do what the former president is charged with.
And elections now must be presumed to be honest.
You probably voted *for* Biden didn’t you?
With Republicans who think like you, it’s no wonder Republicans seem to always lose.
You clearly do not understand the situation, nor do you understand what time it is in America.
Jeff is the McConnell part of the Republican Party. Pass a Democrat spending bill because the Republicans will be taking power and might not permit such spending. Maybe he needs more illegal immigrant labor to help keep labor costs down in his LTC facility. Maybe he likes drugs and forgets the 100,000 deaths associated with illegal drugs crossing our border.
I don’t know where Jeff comes from. He is a Republican who takes shots at Trump but seems to approve of Joe Biden’s criminality and corruption. Who cares if he likes Trump or not? The vote is not who one likes but who is better to run the nation. Jeff seems to like the Biden brand of criminality.
They are both stooges. In a country of 300 million these two are our best choices? I disagree with almost all of Bidens policies and didn’t vote for him. Trump isn’t conservative. He has the EXACT same position on social security and Medicare as Biden. Which is do nothing. So for me this isn’t either/or bud. I wont be voting for either.
Jeff, the best choice is not for us to choose. We choose a direction just like you do when hiring a director of your LTC facility who will have strong and weak points. The question is whether you support controlled immigration (considering slave labor including children, drugs with 100,000 deaths mostly young, nations dumping their criminals, etc.), a vibrant economy with decreased regulation, control over the budget, more stability in the Middle East, decrease the risk of war and nuclear war in the middle east, etc. In those areas, we have clear choices. The Democrats are UNITED in supporting what I assume you prefer not to have.
If you prefer another candidate than Trump, that is fine, but if you want a nation responsive to its citizens, you have to break the Democrat stranglehold over the federal bureaucracy and vote all of them out. It is hard for a Democrat or Republican to break away from tradition, but it is a necessity. If we have much more Democrat rule, there will be no America. There will be no economy or the individual freedoms we now enjoy.
” Trump isn’t conservative. He has the EXACT same position on social security and Medicare as Biden.”
Trump came into office closer to the Democrats than Republicans, but now he realizes what the Democrats created. They are not the party of JFK. They are illiberal, despotic, and killers of the American way and economy. I don’t think you know what Trump would do with Medicare or Social Security. There are cures, but they are both untouchable without the parties working together. At least in the past, I knew Medicare well, and some simple solutions which could have reversed the trend. Prepaid healthcare is a disaster.
You are involved in, so you should understand the triad, cost, access, and quality. You cannot adjust all in the same direction at the same time. In the past, I engaged with many people, including some names you know and probably some involved in LTC. Ideology kills many bright minds as people grab for dreams instead of reality.
“So for me this isn’t either/or bud. I wont be voting for either.”
You are in a desert, dying of thirst. Your attitude would leave you saying, “I don’t like Pepsi or Coke, so I won’t drink either. You die from dehydration just like the nation dies from people who cannot pick the lesser of two evils or the greater of two goods.
Another deluded fool, sucking down the endless lies, pretending he has proper judgement.
How many jabs did you take ?
@joelpollak
Note the silence of the Democrats on the raw abuse of power. No dissent. Remember it when they complain about what must be done, what will be done, to redress this grotesque injustice.
” … The Scowl is likely to launch millions of ships . . . all in the wrong directions. …”
It (The ruminations of the “seething scowl”) will be over by Tuesday, September 5th, the morning after Labor Day weekend.
I’m with Daren on this, We’ll be back to admiring our poster of Taylor Swift and Britney Spears before you know it.
That’s sooooo much better to think of. Swift/Spears 2024 👱♀️💄👗
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Well done, Professor. Together would be nice, what is happening in this matter is a true American travesty.
This mug shot reminds me of a photo of Emiliano Zapata who was a Mexican revolutionary who fought against the national government in the revolution. He poses in the photo with a defiant look, rifle in his right hand, his left hand on the sword, ammunition belts around his neck to the left and to the right, handlebar mustache, sombrero, battle hardened, defiant and ready to fight. His famous quote, “Quiero morir siendo esclavo de los principios, no de los hombres.” (I want to die a slave of principles not of men!)
Though he died in 1919, to this day, in northern Mexico, there are signs on the road “Esta Usted en Territorio Zapatista en Rebeldia. Aquí Manda el Pueblo y el Goberirno Obedece.” (You are in Zapatista Rebellion Territory. Here people command and the government obeys!)
Funny. In California, the people obey and the homeless and the criminals command!
Hey JT
How surprised are you that the bug man coudnt disagree with you further? (Is that english?). Personally, i think he’s bluffing. He’ll be back later to disagree with you further.
Right on bug! Fani gonna spank dat fanny for the reptile!! Brilliant analysis!
Dennis was looking for the bug earlier, he needed his boots licked i think.
“Bitter….” Irony is never lost on the left, is it?
There’s a red under my bed
And there’s a little orange man in my head
And he said, “You’re not going crazy, you’re just a bit sad
‘Cause there’s a man in ya, gnawing ya, tearing ya into two”
Well said.
The President’s scowl was very Churchillilian and very appropriate to show his contempt for the neo Nazis pursing him. He and we should Never give to these Fascists.
The only comment that I wish to make is, the government has been playing us for chumps for a very long time.
Actually, I do believe the effect of his mugshot replicates the face on Bartolomeo Colleoni’s Italian condottiere. And that is someone I would not want to tangle with. https://www.flickr.com/photos/asipos49/4063197797/
“The important thing is for citizens not to be played as chumps.” With all due respect, they already were. You voted for this, Professor Turley, for this exact thing. Joe Biden’s corruption was as legendary as his incompetence. He was accused of rape by Tara Reade, a testimony your side freely admitted was credible, yet they also freely admitted they didn’t care, “because Trump.” And yet you still went and cast your vote for this phony and wept with joy at the inauguration which was held, with typical Biden insouciance, 13 minutes before it was constitutionally legitimate. None of this nightmare is a surprise or even a fraction of a millimeter off the trajectory we’ve been on for a long time, and therefore your “gee willy willikers, I never thought it would come to this” stance has worn very thin. It was always clear that it would come to this, and more. I have no doubt that your side will not rest until they get the pic of Trump in an orange jumpsuit in handcuffs. Not until he is actually rotting in jail, on completely spurious charges, will your side be content, and perhaps not even then.
You say “We are a nation of laws.” Perhaps that was true in the past, but it clearly is not true now. That’s the whole point and the whole problem.
And yet it seems to me that you still fail to understand the gravity of this situation. When the DOJ has the latitude to actually make freedom of speech into a crime, there is no place left for any of us to hide, and rest assured that your mugshot will be on the list sooner rather than later, unless you decide to toe the totalitarian line.
The time to not be played as chumps was in 2020, both in casting your vote and in taking a real (not fake) interest in what actually happened to turn all those red states blue when counting magically stopped for days and weeks just as Trump seemed guaranteed the win.
To NOT question the election would have been a slap in the face not just to Trump supporters, but to the country as a whole, to the law and to decency itself. The behavior of the DOJ, which is no longer worthy of the name, but never mind, should convince you at long last that perhaps something really was rotten in the State of Georgia, but no. You cling to the Panglossian narrative that all was and is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
There is no law and no decency left. Only a bunch of chumps watching their nation be intentionally destroyed.
Deboluccia,
Excellent! Well written and well said.
My only consolation to this condition of “chumpness” is the growing pushback from that portion of the nation that still respects the 2nd Amendment – the purpose of which was to defend against this exact situation of government overreach of power.
BEST comment ever posted on this once-relevant, now godforsaken frivolous blog.
Deboluccia, I agree with you on much of this. Perhaps the courts will sort this out properly after a lengthy process with many appeals, ultimately to the Supreme Court. But that does not mean the system will have worked. The NY case converts a time-barred misdemeanour into a felony through a novel legal theory; the two Jan 6 cases misapply statutes to criminalise an election challenge in unprecedented ways, trampling on first amendment rights in the process; and the document retention case could have been resolved through civil actions.
In particular, the use of a RICO statute in Georgia is an outrage; even if a couple of individuals allegedly sought to intimidate witnesses or steal data, that does not justify treating as a criminal enterprise an organised effort to challenge an election through persuasion.
Trump is right that this is election interference. It is also a power play, to intimidate political opposition.
I often agree with Professor Turley, but here I don’t. Rage against these political prosecutions is fully justified.
“I often agree with Professor Turley, but here I don’t. Rage against these political prosecutions is fully justified.”
Daniel, I agree. It is a necessity. Pussyfooting around will lead to the loss of our Republic or an eventual civil war. Rage, however, needs to be channeled correctly.
S. Meyer…..Great point!
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Truth passionately stated. Thank you.
Normally I’d agree that the scowl is a bad idea, but in the case of Trump, the people who loathe him will complain no matter what and the people who like him will love it. Can you blame the guy for being pissed off? He may have created many of his own problems, but to call this indictment flimsy would be a massive understatement.
LIke most of us, Trump believed that a recount was called for at the very least. He thought he won – and based on the level of enthusiasm for him vs Biden that’s understandable. His remarks, as usual, were taken out of context, as should be patently obvious to anyone with half a brain. And even if they weren’t, the charges would be almost impossible to prove, unless AI can read his mind.
The judges and juries are rigged. Look at the charges that came out of the Durham report and how those were dismissed by judges and juries. Look at how the Department of Justice and the FBI have been functioning. Millions of Americans have good reason to not believe in the system. What comes next are rivers of blood.
Anyone calling for “rivers of blood” is unAmerican.
Well, you seem to have that exactly backwards. I don’t blame cowards for being cowardly.
Also, he didn’t call for it, he warned of the consequences that surely come from the misdeeds that are fully out in the open.
The OP tries his dissuasion with the attack that those addicted to rage need to get to a treatment center.
It’s whistling in the dark.
We already saw the demons, the demoncrats, destroy the cities for over one year while people like you either participated or condoned it. Right ? Rivers of blood already occurred, in all the cities of the USA. But it was okay because demoncrats are allowed and encouraged to do so, thus they are ALL UNAMERICAN, RIGHT ?
re: Vic Simmons
Judges and juries are part of the Judicial Branch of government. Federal agencies like the DOJ and it’s prosecutors (U.S. Attorneys) are part of the Executive Branch. Congress and state legislatures are part of the Legislative Branch.
Not everything is rigged. The duty of the Judicial Branch courts is to check & balance the other two political branches of government. The Executive Branch officials many times try to exceed their constitutional authority, which is why the Judicial Branch courts intervenes.
If Trump (former head of the Executive Branch) had respected the rulings of more than 60 judges (Judicial Branch), he would not have been indicted for trying to steal an election and would not have a mug shot.
One reform idea going forward: should prosecutors be part of the Executive Branch instead of being part of the Judicial Branch? At minimum it seems like government-watchdog agencies should be under the Judicial Branch. Since their top duty is “constitutional judicial review” why are either of them part of the Executive Branch?
You can’t be serious. Move to Europe or South America if you prefer judges being prosecutors.
If Trump (former head of the Executive Branch) had respected the rulings of more than 60 judges (Judicial Branch),
That’s the second time you have told this lie.
Your opinion is worthless if you are forced to lie about the facts
As far as the mugshot is concerned, it was a gross error. Trump took the opportunity to basically give the prosecutor a middle finger without doing anything but the “look”. I don’t support Trump this time around because I feel that there are other candidates who could do everything Trump wants to do but without the bombast and hate that he has generated.
I don’t think the hate is warranted because must of it is simply fear that he will overturn a lot of sacred cows that too many politicos, right and left, live off. They cloak themselves in righteousness when they are as craven or worse than what they accuse Trump of. Some of the public just don’t like him, and others are put off by his personality by preferring a slick snake like Obama to real and meaningful reform and leadership.
Obama was slick but lazy and leading from behind all the time. When people lead from behind it’s because they have no will to risk themselves and let everyone else absorb the arrows and blows while they stand proudly far from the fight, ready to flee if things really hit the fan. He is not one to lead a Forlorn Hope through breach. Trump is, TR Roosevelt was.
Of course the media hate him because he came out in 2015 and 2016 attacking them, rightly for their biased reporting and misinformation. Strange when the people really started seeing the media for what they really are, all the concern for managing misinformation and hate speech became so powerful that freedom of speech became so less sacrosanct and must now be “managed”. RIGHT?
I want to win and drive these people from office as fast and completely as we can and I fail to see how Trump can win against what he presently faces. He may have to sacrifice himself and his ego to take a lot of blows and then fall and let another take his place that can win and may be deadlier and more effective than Trump.
One can Hope. The need for victory here is more important now than the personality that might fall by the wayside.
“…there are other candidates who could do everything Trump wants to do but without the bombast and hate that he has generated.”
Respectfully, GEB, I disagree. With one exception, every candidate running on both sides is or will be ‘handled’ by the DC cabal, just as Trump was. The only difference this time is Trump is going in with eyes open and will mostly likely, should he overcome the expected vote fraud that only Team Blue benefits, going to fire the top two or three layers of career “Justice” personnel. He should then call on Congress to immediately start impeachment hearings on members of the Judiciary who rule based more on their hatred of the Constitution than any other metric.
There simply isn’t anyone else running that is willing to DO what it can to neuter those who see the citizenry with little more than contempt – excepting those who donate to their political campaigns and their “friends” in The District. No one else running will even to try.
That was a great theory for Project Veritas, as well. Have you heard what just happened to them ? It’s A SKELETON STAFF NOW.
20 plus fired a few days ago.
James O’Keefe is thriving with OMG, O’keefe Media Group.
If your plan moves forward, it will fail miserably.
Project Veritas will be gone. O’Keefe’s OMG will survive. I had some involvement with PV under O’Keefe so I called them up several times and spoke to people telling them without O’Keefe, PV would not survive. They were following their leaders in PV and things didn’t seem to register.
O’Keefe is resourceful, full of ideas. One of his ideas was so good it might have caused the death of PV. His video on Pfizer is the most likely cause. That shows how powerful corporate media can be.
One never knows where the bullet killing you comes from. Frequently it is from the people that are closest. O’Keefe gave the gun to the people that shot PV dead.
Under O’Keefe the established PV annual income ranged from $4Million up to $20Million in the last years and will die in less than a year after his departure.
Meanwhile, in a legal filing, Shawn Still, another of the false GOP electors charged alongside Trump in Georgia, says he signed the illegitimate certificate because Trump and his lawyers told him to.
“. . . a type of trophy kill . . .” (JT)
That “trophy kill” is the Left institutionalizing a horrific, anti-American concept: political “crimes,” and the creation of political “criminals.”
While the Let infects America with that tyrannical premise, the media whistles past the scaffolds — and the Left’s intellectuals show them how to drop the guillotine.
don’t get distracted by a side show. Looks at the state of the totally beaten and anemic GOP. This goes out to the seven dwarfs who were poised on the a stage like a bunch of has been actors that totally missed a monumental opportunity last night to stand behind a leader who the whole country is standing behind, united to confront the enemy that is at the gate. Instead this is what they did. Like NIRO fiddling while Rome burns, like having brunch while a cat 5 hurricane is barreling down on them. They couldn’t see that our country men and women are trying to throw our president in jail for using his god given freedom to speak his mind just like we all do every day. In America, today, these seven dwarfs felt more of a need to play politics as though any of them had a modicum of a chance to represent the people of the home of the free and the brave. The seven dwarfs have done the impossible. They have all committed mass suicide for the entire world to see, giving the American people much more hope for our future and recognizing just how providence plays its role in this great land. Thank you Lord for the placement of those useful idiots for last night’s performances. Today I feel so much better than I’ve felt in a hell of a long time.
What is sad is that the “7 dwarfs” were the best offerings of the rino republicans – which no one has bothered to inform them of the fact, that the right does not, and will not, come out for company stooges. Trump was a phenomenon because he saw a movement that needed a leader. He was not the best for the job but no one else has stood up for that job in the intensity and fire that is needed to lead the majority of Americans in a revolt against a tide of socialism that has been in the works since Woodrow Wilson was a pup.