The Jan 6 riot at the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C hasn’t gone down as a good look for America.
It’s been an even worse situation for Donald Trump, who didn’t endorse political violence prior to it and whose activities haven’t involved it at all.
He doesn’t see himself as an activist, and neither is he leading a movement akin to Civil Rights that might conflict with law enforcement.
The ‘moment’ that Jan 6 now is has been tied to his own character and his candidacy for a while now, and he can’t shake an accusation he wanted it to happen.
The reality is left and right have caused immense disturbance in American politics of late, and it was the Capitol building itself that took it because of Trump’s focus on politics.
The left have a fair share of involvement in radical ideas and vociferously take unction with democracy itself. Their manifestos – as piecemeal as they are – include dismantling it.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, has attempted to run political campaigns. It’s his third attempt – the second unsuccessful – and shows he still puts a lot of store in it.
The accusations that’ve wound a way around his neck Congress were able to prove but few supporters of his felt they can accept.
The truths Trump tells his supporters are found in the US constitution, yet the gameplay of the Democrats has been largely litigious for some time.
Trump’s supporters don’t expect it, and from 2016 they’ve known virtually nothing else. The election puts America back on course for a legitimate outcome, but not without acrimony.
