President Donald Trump doesn't have absolute power, but he thinks he does.
The man uses Twitter as a literal bully pulpit, posting whatever crosses his mind at a specific time.
Now, he has gone and signed an executive order looking to shut down his favorite social media site, in clear violation of the Constitution, just because they finally had the stones to flag some of his posts with fact checks and disclaimers because, you see, truth is not a priority with Trump.
He condemned the protesters in Minneapolis by calling them thugs, and claimed he would send in the National Guard with orders to shoot down any looters, protesters, et al.
Twitter said he was "glorifying violence", and this was after he'd signed the executive order.
Trump's response to Twitter?
In his mind, Donald Trump is right, and everyone else either agrees with him, or they're an enemy. This is why most of the Republican Party bows to him. They know what they got themselves into when they decided to roll the dice with him four years ago. For all of his disparaging remarks toward women, his daughter, Ivanka, is one of his closest aides, a clear case of nepotism at work. Current press secretary Kayleigh McEnany keeps getting herself in trouble with critics for perpetuating Trump's misinformation, attempting to pass it off as fact. Suffice to say, she's on the borderline of being labeled a walking stereotype.
Trump's voter base in the suburbs, the Bible Belt, and elsewhere, have fallen for the con, too. They think the persona he generated on The Apprentice is what they wanted to see in the White House. He took advantage of their frustration over not so much the establishment of politics, but Trump's immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, being the first African-American elected President 12 years ago. They choose to gloss over the truth that is standing there before them in Trump.
That truth is a thin-skinned, short-tempered demagogue who has them all snowed under, blind to reality.
Sadly, the Democratic Party is not doing the voters any favors by casting their lot with former Vice President Joe Biden, whose campaign seems to be falling apart due to his advanced age. He's about four years Trump's senior. Neither candidate is really able to hit the trail now due to COVID-19, but in reality, there's a risk factor involved with both men.
The "third parties" aren't taking any chances. Yet. And this is for fear that they may be perceived as siphoning votes away from the Democrats to ensure Trump is re-elected.
Trump's not doing his base any favors, either, as his carefully created persona is falling apart, too. The more tantrums he throws, the more people are going to see this:
And, then, they'll ask themselves why they even bothered to vote for America's Oldest Spoiled Brat in the first place.
Back to the issue at hand. Trump can't really do anything to Twitter, as they're a privately owned company based in San Francisco. They enabled him long enough, and they're sick of it. If his response is to continue to behave like a child, they'll likely terminate his account.
And then, what would he do?
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