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Buckle Up: America, You Signed Up for a 4-Year Subscription to Drama, Chaos, and Confusion

Whether positive or negative, the Trump administration's second term promises an unpredictable mix of chaos, drama, and corruption.

Libby Winkler
4 min readDec 20, 2024
Photo by Emmanuil Androshchuk on Unsplash

Buckle Up: America, You Signed Up for a 4-Year Subscription to Drama, Chaos, and Confusion

The ballots have been counted, the inauguration has taken place, and America is now careening down a familiar but foreboding path.

Whether favorable or unfavorable, the upcoming Trump presidency promises an unpredictable mix of chaos, drama, and corruption.

Prepare yourself—this four-year journey has already descended into chaos.

Déjà Vu, But Worse

If the first Trump administration resembled a circus, his second term is poised to transform into a dystopian carnival. Gone is the pretense of needing to appeal to a broader electorate or fearing accountability. Trump's second term is free and unrestricted. The absence of reelection constraints allows him to freely indulge in his most authoritarian and self-serving impulses.

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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