A cursory glance at the Jeffrey Epstein’s biography (1953 – 2019) shows it can be treated as a modern adaptation (and so adjustment) of Horatio Alger Jr.’s framework: Epstein’s life moves from (lower) middle-class respectability to incredible wealth and luxury (and associated criminal sordidness).
"Now that he has delivered his tax-cuts, he is belatedly realizing that he will become politically dispensable soon."
The examples of Putin and Hitler suggest otherwise. The oligarchs thought they could run the show from behind the scenes, but they ended up with their fortunes and lives dependent on absolute subservience, and success in out-manoeuvring other aspirants to favor. Trump is here to stay, and will probably be succeeded by more Trumps
Interested to discuss further. As I see it, the capitulations we've already seen from media, law firms, general abolition of DEI shows who has the whip hand (this will soon be literal as well as metaphorical, I think).
If it weren't for Trump's own exposure, the Epstein files could have provided the basis for a Night of the Long Knives. That's certainly what MAGA was expecting and hoping for.
"Now that he has delivered his tax-cuts, he is belatedly realizing that he will become politically dispensable soon."
The examples of Putin and Hitler suggest otherwise. The oligarchs thought they could run the show from behind the scenes, but they ended up with their fortunes and lives dependent on absolute subservience, and success in out-manoeuvring other aspirants to favor. Trump is here to stay, and will probably be succeeded by more Trumps
I think his situation is rather different from both despite some apparent similarities, too.
Interested to discuss further. As I see it, the capitulations we've already seen from media, law firms, general abolition of DEI shows who has the whip hand (this will soon be literal as well as metaphorical, I think).
If it weren't for Trump's own exposure, the Epstein files could have provided the basis for a Night of the Long Knives. That's certainly what MAGA was expecting and hoping for.