Presidency Fatigue
Feb. 4th, 2017 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeurLots of people are terribly worried about "Resistance Fatigue", and there's some basis for that -- spending all day, every day for years worrying about the fight is a good way to mess with your head and just fall into eventual despair. You have to learn your own capacity, and pace yourself accordingly, because this one's going to be a marathon.
But it occurs to me: we do know one person who famously has no patience and precious little discipline, sitting at the top of his gold-plated tower.
Can we help induce Presidency Fatigue in Trump?
Seriously: it's pretty clear that he didn't really understand what he was getting into, and I suspect it's all more of a pain in the ass than he expected. He's used to being CEO of a company that he *owns*, not working with other people and making sensible compromises. As far as I can tell, he's a bit overwhelmed and cranky already. Tiredness and anger cause people to make stupid mistakes.
I'm being a bit flippant here, but only a bit. I suspect that he isn't mentally prepared for ongoing resistance to everything he does, every day, for years.
So the details of each individual fight aside, the ongoing *act* of resistance may well be helpful. We need to keep it non-violent, and not play into their damned "all those protesters are destroying the country" narrative. But keeping up the pressure may well gradually break a man who is, I suspect, really fairly weak to begin with...
But it occurs to me: we do know one person who famously has no patience and precious little discipline, sitting at the top of his gold-plated tower.
Can we help induce Presidency Fatigue in Trump?
Seriously: it's pretty clear that he didn't really understand what he was getting into, and I suspect it's all more of a pain in the ass than he expected. He's used to being CEO of a company that he *owns*, not working with other people and making sensible compromises. As far as I can tell, he's a bit overwhelmed and cranky already. Tiredness and anger cause people to make stupid mistakes.
I'm being a bit flippant here, but only a bit. I suspect that he isn't mentally prepared for ongoing resistance to everything he does, every day, for years.
So the details of each individual fight aside, the ongoing *act* of resistance may well be helpful. We need to keep it non-violent, and not play into their damned "all those protesters are destroying the country" narrative. But keeping up the pressure may well gradually break a man who is, I suspect, really fairly weak to begin with...