Michael Cohen - This Is What Losing Feels Like
January 20, 2025. The sky was overcast, as if the heavens themselves were holding their breath, dreading what was about to come. Donald J. Trump took the oath of office for a second time, hand on a Bible he’s probably never read, flanked by loyalists who know exactly what they signed up for: a front-row seat to the American demolition derby he calls governance.
The country—or some of us—were hopeful. Not optimistic; optimism implies a rational basis for believing things will improve. No, we were merely hopeful. Hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he’d surprise us. That the weight of history would settle into his bones like a ghost of Lincoln past and he’d rise to the occasion. That his inauguration speech might hit a note of unity, honor, or—God forbid—compassion.
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Fast forward to today—May 27, 2025—and let’s take a hard look at where "hope" got us.
Just last week, Trump addressed the graduating class at West Point, America’s premier military academy. A moment that should’ve been about duty, sacrifice, and service to the Constitution. Instead? It turned into a bizarre soliloquy about the size of yachts, the costs of divorce, and how difficult it is to find a “loyal” woman when you’re a “successful” man. Hence, the trophy wife. One cadet reportedly whispered to another, “Is this a bit?” It wasn’t.
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