What a president does after they leave office is often more significant than what they did as president, and is generally quite telling of their character. President Obama has been involved in trying to heal race relations and voting rights. President Bush (the younger) took up art. President Clinton has the Clinton Foundation which works to improve lives across a broad spectrum of issues. Presidents Bush (the elder) and Reagan have passed; so out of respect I will not discuss them. President Carter is probably the most illustrious, having spent the last 40 years building houses for the homeless, swinging a hammer when most men his age would be falling asleep in front of the TV after eating dinner at 4:30.
I guess you know where this is heading. It's only been 6 months, but former pResident Orange Menace has spent his time like a zoo attraction in Mar-a-Lardo griping about how the election was "stolen", and believes a rag-tag group of white supremacist
militias domestic terrorists will reinstall him in office before he's hauled off to jail for tax evasion (or driven to bankruptcy).
The toxic effect he's had on this democracy still lingers, unfortunately. There are plenty of folks in Congress who still express their fealty to him, and a minority who still openly support the terrorist insurrection on the Capitol building which he inspired (and promoted). Racists and the detritus of society across this country (especially outside of the cities where the majority of the U.S. population lives) have been emboldened, and want nothing more than to kick some liberal ass. That's what makes the Crap-hole Caligula's latest offense even more dangerous.
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