On December 20th, Donald Trump faced Judge Juan Merchan in a sentencing hearing. The hearing addressed crimes he committed in 2016 and into the early part of his presidency. Trump was convicted by a jury of 12 in a New York courtroom on 34 felony counts.
The sentence was delayed for months because of the 2024 presidential election. Although Trump is not going to serve jail time, pay a fine, or face house arrest, his conviction stands. The next president of the United States will be sworn in as the “First Felon.”
Examining Trump’s Authoritarian Strategies in 2020: His Attempted Coup
I wrote this post in on December 10, 2020 from my home office. From here, I can see wetlands formed from Mud Creek. Mud Creek is a small stream about 100 meters from my backyard. It runs for a few miles until it merges with Noses Creek. Eventually, it meets with Sweetwater Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, Georgia’s largest river.
I have been writing from this office since 1993. I will share more in the future as The Mud Creek Chronicles.
Visiting the past can help us navigate the future. This is especially true now. We have a wannabe dictator and a known authoritarian. They prefer meeting with leaders of authoritarian nations rather than democratic leaders.
Donald Trump and his sycophants were trying to steal the 2020 election. I wrote this nearly a month before he incited thousands to attack the United States Capitol Building. It was obvious. Or it should have been obvious. Autocrat Trump was showing the world that he was determined to stay in office, no matter what.
What did we learn from this attempted coup?
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