One week ago, on May 30, 2024, Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States was found guilty on 34 charges related to his activities around his election held eight years ago. He had been accused of falsifying business records relating to hush-money payments made through his then current personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to a former porn actor, Stormy Daniels, who claimed she previously had an illicit relationship with Mr. Trump. The hush-money, some $130,000, was paid to prevent publication of her story in the National Inquirer immediately prior to the 2016 election, which Mr. Trump won but might have lost if the story had been made public, particularly since he had recently stated how a wealthy man, like him, could get away with any physical desire relating to women.
The guilty verdict was reached by twelve jurors in the Manhattan court, under the jurisdiction of Judge Juan Merchan, who will pass sentence on July 11, immediately prior to the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, at which the GOP will nominate Mr. Trump as its candidate for President of the United States.
Mr. Trump, of course, says he is not only innocent of all charges (including having sex with Ms. Daniels) and, in reality, the trial is a “witch hunt” propagated by the Democrats led by an evil President Biden. He maligns both the Judge and the jurors who have taken part in this evil, fake trial. His words and actions are backed by all of the leaders of the Republican party, as well as by his adamant Trumparian followers.
Mr. Trump maintains he was not given a fair trial in Manhattan, even though this is the city where he grew up and made his billions as a real estate developer. Judge Merchan was biased as indicated by a $15.00 (or $35.00) donation he made to Mr. Biden’s Presidential campaign. Mr. Cohen, who testified about the financial transfers, was an evil liar, despite the fact he had been the personal lawyer whom Mr. Trump relied upon as his own “fixer” during his own former campaign and Presidency. If Mr. Trump was worried about the notoriety of any sexual relationship with Ms. Daniels and other women, it was because of his desire that his own wife not be concerned and not that the national electorate might be concerned. After all, he once said he could kill someone on Fifth Avenue, and no one would hold him responsible.
Thus far, his angry words and the actions of the Trumparians have been well heard, but physical action has been limited to relatively peaceful demonstrations throughout the country. This may not last. The insurrection of January 6, 2020, is vividly remembered. Trumparians had stormed the Capital building in an attempt to force Vice President Pence and the Senate to verify Mr. Trump’s election by the Electoral College. His legions could, once again, threaten both the Congress and all those who might not have voted for Mr. Trump. As he had once urged his Trumparians to fight to uphold his election, he now calls for them to fight for their freedom and rise up against all who oppose him. Once again, civil war is a threat upon the horizon.
The first major episode will occur on July 11 when Mr. Trump is sentenced for the 34 counts on which he has been found guilty by a jury. It is unlikely Judge Merchan will sentence him to prison. He can, however, be fined and his movements curtailed. As a former President and potential candidate, he will continue to receive protection by the Secret Service. Even these limited legal actions could result in uprisings by Trumparians throughout the country. It is unlikely the Republican Convention, a week later, will nominate someone else. It will be interesting to learn whom they will choose for Vice President, given the possibilities which could become available to the one chosen to replace Mr. Trump, should the need arise after November. The next significant episode will, of course, come at that time.
In this election, Trumparians will join with him in their acceptance of his godhood and invincibility in foreign and domestic affairs relating to the Mexican border and the vicious immigrants who cross it, to the national economics and a lack of buying-power for the average American, and to the climatic events of floods, hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes, no doubt caused by ignoble Democrats. Come November, even non-Trumparian Republicans will likely close ranks in support of his return to the power which was stolen from him four years ago.
It will be interesting to see how the “independent” voter responds to Mr. Trump’s guilty convictions. They will also be moved by social and economic elements, those which even the Democrats agree are problematic for Mr. Biden. The outcome of the 2024 election is very uncertain. On the other hand, the results which follow may, unfortunately, be less uncertain.
If Mr. Trump is again declared the loser, there will be a national uprising, a new civil war, based once again, on states’ rights versus federal control. A second stealing of the election by an evil, degenerate Biden and his fellow Democrats will not be tolerated. This time the Capital and the White House will be under active attack. Their leaders will wear more than cattle horns and carry more than tear gas and baseball bats. Military battles will be held throughout the country between the November election and the January inauguration. There will be no peaceful continuation of power.
If Mr. Trump wins and returns to the active Presidency of the United States, physical military battles will be limited. Instead, there will be a less bloody but equally devastating implementation of a dictatorship. Pageantry will replace politics. Gatherings will resemble those once observed in Berlin and Rome and currently in Pyongyang, Moscow and Beijing. Donald J. Trump may be found guilty of felonies, but the American people may become the prisoners. The question remains: who is truly guilty?