I’ve seen a lot of madness in my time, but what we’re watching now is something else entirely — something so viciously absurd, so steeped in bad faith and nihilistic indulgence, that even the most jaded political junkie can barely stay seated for the ride.

As we take the ride to January 20, 2025, the burning wreckage of the American experiment smolders in the distance, a pile of charred ideals and twisted lies. Donald Trump and his merry band of misfits, sycophants, and cronies are not in power because they want to fix anything — they’re here to tear it all down, piece by piece, and feed the ruins to the public.

Make no mistake: there is no plan to “drain the swamp” or “make America great again.” That was just the opening line in a larger, darker play — an insidious con job designed to lull the country into a stupor while they gut the very institutions that might have stopped them. The plan is not to fix the infrastructure, not to clean up the toxic mess of politics, not to restore the soul of the nation.

The plan is simple, direct, and brutally effective: destroy everything. Burn it all down to the ground.

Look at his cabinet — these are not public servants, these are wolves in sheep’s clothing, wearing dollar signs for eyes and carrying bags full of corporate backroom deals. This administration is about stacking the deck with parasites who’d happily gut public education, enrich their friends, and leave the country to rot in its own filth. The EPA is a joke, the Department of Justice a puppet show, and the White House a circus tent where the clowns are the ring masters.

There’s no guiding principle here other than chaos, no higher ideal than greed, no goal other than to eviscerate everything that stands in the way of their unchecked, unholy ambitions. And make no mistake: they are winning.

This is the death of a nation, not a rebirth. Trump and his cabinet are not building a new world — they’re erasing the old one. And for anyone who thought they were just incompetent, or misunderstood, or simply misguided, the truth is clearer than ever: there is no plan to fix anything. The plan is to destroy everything.

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