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As President Donald Trump rages into the lame-duck period of his reign, a prominent Republican campaign strategist is sounding the alarm that Americans should \u201cexpect the final two years of Trump\u2019s term to be both frightening and historic.\u201d And by \u201chistoric\u201d she means not only the major events that may come to pass, but is nodding to \u201cMad King George,\u201d whose tyranny the American colonies had to fight a whole revolution to escape. <\/p>\n

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This is according to GOP campaign strategist Myra Adams, who, writing for the Hill<\/u>, points out that England\u2019s George III \u2014 known as \u201cMad King George\u201d \u2014 spurred on the American Revolution in part by \u201cpreventing colonial legislatures from passing laws for the public good. It topped a list of grievances that made up most of the Declaration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s 250th anniversary<\/u> is marked by revolutionary irony,\u201d notes Adams. \u201cOne could argue that President Trump is channeling King George by committing similar \u2018usurpations,\u2019 such as appropriated by Congress and refusing to sign two bipartisan pieces of legislation that serve the public good. First, Section 702<\/u> of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a key provision that leaders warn jeopardizes national security if not renewed. Second, Trump canceled plans to sign a housing affordability bill<\/u> addressing the nationwide crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

After defeating the crazed British monarch, the American Founders \u201cestablished three equal branches of government with checks and guardrails to prevent future elected presidents from usurping power if they exhibit mad-king-like behavior. One notable guardrail is the midterm elections, when the electorate can vote to remove the president\u2019s party from control of Congress. New legislators and senators can then rein in the chief executive by defunding programs, blocking actions, and voicing discontent with unpopular wars initiated by the president\u2026 At its most extreme, Congress can remove the president through impeachment by the House and conviction in the Senate. \u201c<\/p>\n

After the mid-terms, a twice-elected president enters their \u201clame duck\u201d phase, in which they can never run for president again. But in the case of Trump, asserts Adams, Americans \u201ccan expect him to defy that denigrating label, which embodies his greatest fears: weakness and dwindling power. Now watch the president\u2019s controversial pre-midterm meddling<\/u> as lame-duck Donald poses a unique set of dangers nationally and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, with \u201cno filter\u201d and a \u201cmessianic mindset,\u201d has already suggested that he will challenge any constraints on his actions. As the Hill previously reported, he has \u201cinsisted there are \u2018no limits\u2019 to his power \u2026 in a new interview about his takeaways from the Iran war.\u201d Trump has also argued that \u201cthe one thing\u201d limiting his power is \u201cmy own morality. My own mind. It\u2019s the only thing that can stop me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, warns Adams, he\u2019s bringing that outlook to the midterms and his remaining time in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the midterms, if Republicans lose control of the House, Senate, or both, Trump, as the face of the Republican Party, is likely to lash out and seek scapegoats,\u201d writes Adams. \u201cWe can expect legal challenges to ‘rigged’ elections and further campaigns of retribution against his enemies. Perhaps Trump will find or manufacture an excuse to deploy the military domestically by declaring martial law, anything to prove he did not lose\u2026 Conversely, if Republicans retain full control of the House and Senate, Trump will act on his no-limits-on-power mandate with epic fury.\u201d<\/p>\n

However the midterms turn out, says Adams, \u201cExpect the final two years of Trump\u2019s term to be both frightening and historic\u2026I fear for our nation, given that 59 percent<\/u> of Americans believe \u2018Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively,\u2019 according to a Washington Post\/ABC News\/Ipsos poll.<\/u> In late April, a Fox News poll<\/u> found that among registered voters, 60 percent thought Trump lacked the temperament to be president, 55 percent believed he lacked mental soundness, and 57 percent said he lacked the judgment to be president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWatch how America\u2019s foundation is tested by a lame duck who believes his power has no limits,\u201d she warns in conclusion. \u201cMeanwhile, Trump appears increasingly unstable amid declining health. He commands the world\u2019s strongest military and acts against his \u2018subjects,\u2019 like the mad king our Founders rebelled against and designed a government to prevent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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