I have been somewhat relieved to watch the Republican party tearing itself apart—between the lower-income MAGAts and the Elon Musk billionaires. And the utterly absurd, despicable and unqualified nominees that Trump insists on putting forward for Cabinet and other high-level positions. Both factions still hate us, but they may hate each other even more. So sit back, watch the show, and pass the popcorn!

Trump’s term will be a three ring circus full of retaliation, threats, insults, weaponizing the Justice system, firing people who don’t agree with him, spewing insane rambling unhinged crap on camera, all caps mental breakdowns on his social media, lying to his base, pressuring the Republicans to do as he says, lots of golfing, lots of grifting, nepotism, and lawbreaking.

There is also powerful opposition on the Democrat side to the whole MAGA Project 2025 agenda. While the Republicans do hold a majority in the Senate and the House, it is a very slim one. In the Senate, it’s 47 Democrats vs 53 Republicans. And in the House, it’s 215 Democrats vs 220 Republicans. Just as the Republicans during the Obama and Biden Presidencies declared their single goal to be thwarting the sitting Presidents’ agendas, so will the Democrats be dedicated to thwarting the MAGA agenda.

But I think that what may save us all will be the utter incompetence of Trump’s appointees for his Cabinet and other high-level positions. Most of these people have no qualifications, skills or experience for how to govern. And no understanding of their Departments and responsibilities. Their only job qualification seems to be their abject devotion and loyalty to Trump himself. And many of them seem to have significant moral failings—rapists, sex abusers, drunks, drug addicts, criminals… I draw hope that they will simply be incapable of implementing Trump’s stated goals—such as deporting 13 million immigrants who entered the country illegally (about 4% of the US population).

To say nothing of Trump’s plan to raise prices on all imported goods by imposing 20% tariffs—which would be paid by the consumers, many of whom elected him to bring down prices. How will they react when they realize they’ve been screwed?

“Trump and his advisors really don’t care whether the government they put together can function, because they have no motivations beyond personal power and profit. So they’re letting (?) Trump pick a group of dangerous incompetents who can’t do the job.

“Trump is obviously more interested in personal loyalty than experience or competence, but even then some of these choices make absolutely no sense. … The whole collection looks like it might be the result of Trump flipping through a deck of cards, the Republican version of Magic the Gathering dumb villains. Without the fun artwork.

“I’m at the point where politics as entertainment may be my only hope.” (-Beth Goldowitz on Quora)