And that’s another thought that should be comforting: that those Trump-enabling Republicans are discomfited. Misery loves company: an adage for our Trumpian times. Discombobulated, Trump’s political foes as well as Americans generally just threw up their collective arms in surrender: It’s just Trump being Trump. Local news carries horror stories in other cities coast-to-coast about the abuses of Trump’s mass deportation operations. Americans raise their kids to be good losers, and tell them that elections are the foundation of democracy.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2026 18:30 UTC