I'm also thinking longer term and am not so optimistic that he's just going to go away and the pattern he created won't be taken up by someone else (and the thi

I'm also thinking longer term and am not so optimistic that he's just going to go away and the pattern he created won't be taken up by someone else (and the thing to be afraid of is someone else who isn't quite so stupid). The dam may well be broken, Congress has proven to be full of cowards and the next aspirational autocrat might well win and do better.