An observation.
When he became president in 2016, He Who Must Not Be Named (HWMNBN) was “institutionalized.”
It was his first time for everything and when he walked into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he was surrounded by the tradition, honor, and privileges of the White House. It was an institution, widely respected and he was surrounded by people that understood and respected the institution.
HWMNBN was restrained by the institution. His impulses were buffered.
In 2024, after winning the election, HWMNBN was “deinstitutionalized.”
That’s the right word. It came to the fore in the Post WWII era. It meant, per copilot:
The policy of moving people with severe mental illnesses or disabilities out of large, state-run asylums and into community-based care. This major shift was driven by new antipsychotic medications, civil rights concerns over harsh asylum conditions, and government financial goals.
After listening to things he has said ranging from the damage to the reflecting pool to his negotiations with Iran concerning the war he initiated (is another FIFA Peace Prize in the offing) it may help to understand what is going on in Washington.
The impact of deinstitutionalization over the years has left many, many poor people homeless, without health care, living in poverty. Many other people were moved from mental institutions to penal institutions — they were re-institutionalized.
Unfortunately, HWMNBN is still out on the streets, off his meds, hell-bent on taking revenge on people who have offended him, and equally committed to making corruption into a presidential perk.
Institutionalized vs. deinstitutionalized.
As noted, just an observation.
Anon.
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