The Post-Trump Era Will Have To Reconcile The 'Storm' That Never Was

Storm not found - Trump came and went, with minimal lasting impact to the power structure, financial system, and culture.

Led on by increasingly hopeful riddles and ‘crumbs,’ many of Donald Trump’s supporters in the final days of his Presidency were hoping a deus ex machina moment would arrive in which the stretched credibility of his supporters would be vindicated to their doubtful coworkers and friends… and a moment in which nearly 4 years of bizarre Internet prophecy would be rendered valid, perhaps in a mass (albeit unconstitutional) sweep of malevolent ‘deepstate actors’… yet no such day came, and the final days of Trump were uncharacteristically quiet, as Trump was unable to fend off a surprise social media ban that continues to this day on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube against the 45th President’s attempts to publish new content to the Internet.

How did we even get here? Funny you asked! Here’s my full take, over on The Illuminist DC:

https://www.theilluminist.net/blog/2017-2020-what-actually-happened-an-insiders-perspective