Pro/con thred: In Trump favor: he was surrounded, as has now become clear, only by snakes and rats from beginning of his term. He had absolutely no support from anyone in govt, only sabotage. His only recourse was to do what just happened: to call the people in the streets. BUT

Now that he did call on the people, you see what happen. Only thing that could happen, which is a regime change moment because other side is willing to take it there. But Trump is too nice, too patriotic to overturn country even for what he knows is a good cause

Also in Trump favor: we are better off now than we were in 2015. I've been on the "hard right" for long before that and it was going nowhere politically. Trump put nationalism on the map; and he was in fact a good president in the evils he prevented that others would have carried

Under Trump there have been no new wars; refugees and immigration are down: refugee level cut almost completely. It was going to be Jeb or Hillary and both had announced plans to pull a Merkel on America. Trump prevented this catastrophe and put immigration restriction at center.

Immigration restriction was nowhere politically on national level before Trump made it so. Others like Tancredo had tried to run on it, but got nowhere. Trump's most important achievement however was in discrediting the media for normies and in forcing regime to show its face

Trump showed the potential to be a hammer to the regime. I believe he achieved this, and did enormous damage to their prestige and legitimacy. It's the reason many of us continued to support him even when he frequently stumbled. It was never about the policy...he was great weapon

Now for the CONS: what Trump did tonight is unfortunately not new for him. He repeatedly gave way throughout his term. On one hand you can say that is because of sabotage but at some point, for not squaring with the people and not taking a stand the responsibility is his

Tonight especially Trump has dishonored himself and his supporters. Like a frend just said: Loki did more in the last two weeks to figure out how Trump can win, than Trump himself & co did in the last five years. This is inexcusable. I consider it a hologram; pls disregard it

On the third hand, in Trump favor is also that he's a larger than life personality who broke through the vile office norms of the sclerotic occupational class. In his showmanship, his anti-establishment fire, and his cowardice at crucial points he is much like Cola di Rienzi

I just did show on Cola di Rienzi, and maybe I shouldn't have; I'm superstitious... maybe it caused this! Roman statesman who led popular revolt against the corrupt barons in the 1340's...many amazing similarities to Trump, both in personality and in course of events

The point is Trump, despite his very serious faults, remains a great man and will be remembered in history. I have no interest in his pipsqueek critics who have no plan. Trump, like Bolsonaro and Orban has shown the way forward. Much history happens by "monke see monke do"

Trump didn't have to do what he did, and unlike what you're hearing now, he left us better off than before: the "woke revolution," the leftist excesses, are not a backlash to anything he did but were in full force before he volunteered himself. Don't let them retcon history

If someone were to judge Trump's significant faults--it's easy to judge, but then when you look at alternatives the picture changes. We live in a world of coelenterate-humanoids and most are unworthy of standing in judgment of Trump.

The Trump Bolsonaro Duterte Orban Putler model, whatever its shortcomings has manifested itself historically as only viable path of resistance against Leviathan. Don't listen to fatalists: this worldwide movement can win and you can win it in your country.

Of these paths Salvini's might be most interesting to many frogs; he began as fringe right party with unusual symbols etc but then switched to a mass popular alliance. He's temporarily out of govt but that's an accident; many lessons from him, Orban, even Putin for America