And like the show, a very disappointing ending, no doubt…

…there will no doubt be a mad scramble to fill the void that Limbaugh will leave in the AM radio universe.

The Iron Throne will soon be empty.
And the Game of Thrones begins.
Daggers, Poison, and Red Weddings, with Divine Sanction.

Of which 80% gets skimmed straight into Trump’s pockets.

As I have suggested elsewhere, I think there is also an almost freudian aspect to some people’s ‘Trumplove’.

There are people for whom supporting Trump is about money and/or influence, of course, but, for many, it is IMO tribal or freudian. This is perhaps why, whatever Trumps has done (good or bad), his support has remained at roughly 43%* for the last four years.

*I know Trump garnered just under 47% in the national popular vote last month, but I reckon that the difference can be accounted for by ‘reluctant Trumpers’ and/or biddable opportunists (or maybe deluded, dyed-in-the-wool Republicans who cannot see that their party is not what it was, although it is interesting to note that down-ballet Republican candidates generally did a little better than Trump himself).

An aside: 43% was the level of support for Hitler in the 1933 election in Germany. It is a tribute to the US political system that, while 43% was enough for Hitler, it is not enough for Trump. (And maybe one fortunate aspect of Trump’s MO is he seems able to enthuse only his base, plus those who feel that they owe him something; he will never win over a majority of Americans – he has disgusted too many of them, whether it is, among other things, the cheap and dirty attitude to women, the racism or the lame-duck killing spree.)

Trump has done little or nothing to assist the poorest working folk in
the US, but some of them love him and what he represents nonetheless.

Because He will stick it to their Enemies, real and imagined.
SPITE is in play, where who cares if I win, YOU LOSE!
Lose-Lose Situation but Who Cares?