What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Tonitrus]

I have seen nothing that really warrants the sort of smugness some Democrats are displaying re: "the next administration".

Don't be such a Debbie-downer. 

[Oexmelin]

Sorry.

"Haha. Lol. Look at the Republicans on the run!!!!"

[Valmy]

It is encouraging to see a little optimism but it is hard to see a way out now. Even if the Democrats win some elections they are just not in a state to lead us anywhere good. They can stem the bleeding for a bit.

Considering we are currently winning elections and the Republicans are just refusing to let them into the House, I am not entirely optimistic about the future. Things are likely only to get worse from here.

[grumbler]

I have seen nothing that really warrants the sort of smugness some Democrats are displaying re: "the next administration".

True, but I have also seen nothing that really warrants the sort of smugness some Republican are displaying re: "the next administration."

Smugness is always a mistake.

[Tonitrus]

At what level does optimism turn into smugness?

[grumbler]

At what level does optimism turn into smugness?

Optimism is when you read someone's contributions on Languish,  Smugness is when you post your own.

[The Minsky Moment]

I have seen nothing that really warrants the sort of smugness some Democrats are displaying re: "the next administration".

Opposite of smugness.  I.e.  IF the Democrats ever retake power, the Supreme Court will reverse course and muzzle them

[Tonitrus]

I have seen nothing that really warrants the sort of smugness some Democrats are displaying re: "the next administration".

Opposite of smugness.  I.e.  IF the Democrats ever retake power, the Supreme Court will reverse course and muzzle them

Yeah...arguably we are more danger of the "constitutional crisis" (where the administration decides it needs to Andrew Jackson the USSC) with a Democrat administration in power than this one.

[Admiral Yi]

At what level does optimism turn into smugness?

It's not a question of degree, they're on two different scales.  Confidence is the the thing that tips into smugness.

[Zanza]

Cooking oil.

That's the latest national security threat that makes using emergency powers to set a tariff necessary.